Ra was a very "bird looking" god. Maybe the reason is that HIS HEADS A FALCON!!! Yeah, his heads a falcon and his body is that of a man. Wierd. Yeah! Well, he only looked that way after dawn and the moment before night when he traveled into the underworld. Well, at dawn he was the sacred beetle or scarab called Khepri. (How many names does this guy have?!) Then somehow he changed into his falcon-man form. But When he trveld into the underworld to fight the cosmic serpent Apep and his childern. The Egyptians would pray before sunset that Ra would have a safe journey in the underworld and would rise again the next morning. Well of course he'll rise the next morning. He's the SUN GOD!!! AND quite frankly, the sun will always "rise" figuritively. The sun is always there, it never sets or rises. What was wrong with these Egyptians?
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