Thursday, November 18, 2010

Ra's Family in Several Different Generations

The Egyptians believed that Ra's children were twins, a boy named Shu and a girl named Tefnut. Shu ruled over the air, holding up the sky and Tefnut helped him. I think it would be hard to hold up the sky even with 10 other helpers. Anyways, the strain of this task caused Tefnut to shed tears, providing the morning dew. Shu and Tefnut produced 2 children. The 2 were holding each other when they were born so Ra commanded Shu to separate them; Geb became the sky and Nut became the earth. Geb and Nut had 2 sons and 2 daughters. The most notable of these was the son Osiris, who educated the Egyptians in agriculture. He married his sister Isis, goddess of the home, and was murdered by their brother Set, who through Osiris's body into the Nile. Later Isis rescued Osiris with the help of Nephthys, Set's twin sister. I'm glad I'm not in their family because if I was I would be worried all the time about getting killed.

17 comments:

  1. this site is good but the information is little wrong. Just a little more work.

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  2. I agree, I wouldnt want to be in their family either. I also think that it would be really strange to marry your sister. that would be a kind of awkward relationship...

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  3. who was nut to ra?

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    1. I think that was tefNUT

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    2. nut was the one ra got married to and had hathor with only..... in school we are doing a project on egyptian gods and goddesses and i chose ra so if thee is anyting i missed out on please let me know. and if someone could write a summary about ra in there on words please that would be really helpul to me. thank you

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  4. this imfo is a little wrong. ra was married to hathor which is a daughter of ra

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  7. this is accurate information i tried 20 different books but this is a good site so congrats to whom ever owns :-)

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  9. geb is the earth god and nut is the sky goddess

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  11. what about the wife

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