mythology of the ancient world is so confusing and multifaceted that it is already impossible to determine exactly what the ancients believed.Referring to such an important character as the Egyptian god of the sun, because the sun is life, light, and the ancients gave it considerable importance.
Various sources said two different gods daylight.One of them, most of whom heard - Ra, and the second, pobleknuvshy in the shadow of his "colleagues" - Gore.Both of them have the title of the Sun God, but their images are so intertwined that sometimes can not see the differences between them.We will try to understand, which is why there was such confusion.
Egyptian sun god - Horus
The sources said that this god Ra appeared much earlier.Just the way it is man with falcon head and solar disk with outstretched wings of a bird.
Gore was initially a symbol of victory over the enemy tribes.First he became a deity of Upper Egypt, and after all of Egypt was conquered by the god with falcon head began to personify the power of Pharaoh.Gore combined the two elements: earth, as Pharaoh and the king, and heaven, as lord of the heavens and the sun-god.
Horus, the god of the sun in the Egyptian mythology - is the son of Isis and Osiris.When the latter was brutally murdered by his brother Seth, Horus took with him into battle and defeated, returning the throne of his father.After that, he received a great honor to be called the king of all Egypt.
Egyptian sun god - Ra
He was regarded as the creator of all things: the universe, life, light.An interesting fact is that he has created himself out of the lotus, which appeared on the first stone, which, in turn, originated from primary treatment.After that, the Egyptian sun god created the air and humidity, which began to appear from the other gods, for instance, Nute (goddess of the sky) and Geb (god of the earth).Subsequently began to emerge Ancient Egypt.A man emerged from the tears of Ra.
above considered only a myth concerning the birth of the god, but there are so many.In some ways they are similar, and in something completely opposite, because over time, one myth is superimposed on the other, and that was the original, it is practically impossible to know.
But some stories about the god of the sun are known to all.For example, that of Ra on the day chariot floats on celestial goddess Nut, and at night in the afterlife he struggles with the serpent Apep to again come morning.
symbols depicting the god Ra, are almost identical to those that represent the god Horus.Only in this case, the idea of his particular form of a little blurry: falcon, hawk or other large bird.
There is an image where Gore is on the boat of Ra, and fight the enemy of light, presented in the form of hippos and crocodiles.But the image of Mount nevertheless left by the wayside.It is said that when the government changed in Egypt (namely, a man came to power not from the royal family), there were myths about what Ra is the supreme god of the sun, and Gore - only his son.That's why images of Ra and Horus are mixed together.
other ancient gods of the sun
- personification of the sun-god in ancient Greece is Helios.He, as well as Ra, each day moved the sky in his chariot drawn by four winged horses.The most positive god - he was loved by all.
- Four Sun God gave life and light on the ancient.Horse, Light, Dzhadbog and Jari - from the oldest to the youngest.Horse - Sun underworld, winter and night.Svetovit - Sun sunset, old, autumn evening.Dzhadbog - The sun of summer fruits, the day of maturity.Jari - morning, the beginning of spring, youth.
