What does the Sun God Ra look like?

Answer 1

The sun-god Ra (or Re Atum or Atum-Ra or Atum-Re Amun or Amun-Ra or Amun-Re Amon or Amon-Ra or Amon-Re Ra was also combined with Horus as Ra-Horakhte) is usually shown as a man with the head of a hawk. He was shown with a big sun on his head. He was also shown holding an ankh and a septa.

Answer 2

The sacred animal of Amun was originally the Goose, and like Geb, he was sometimes known as the "Great Cackler".

Later, Amun was more closely associated with the Ram, a symbol of fertility.

At various times he also sometimes appears as a man with the head of a frog, the head of a uraeus-snake, the head of a crocodile, or as an ape.

However, when depicted as a king, he wears the crown of two plumes, a symbol borrowed from Min, and often sits on a throne.

In the Greek period (and somewhat earlier, in order to ascribe many attributes to Amun-Re, he was sometimes depicted in bronze with the bearded head of a man, the body of a beetle with the wings of a hawk, the legs of a man and the toes and claws of a lion. He was further provided with four hands and arms and four wings.

Answer 3

Amen-Ra is often depicted as a man with the head of a hawk. He also often has a snake encircling the sun above his head.

Answer 4

Nobody knows for sure, some think of him as the sun itself, and some picture him in other ways.

Post in the discussion forum what you think he looks like.

Answer 5

• Man with a ram-head
• A ram
• Man wearing an ostrich plumed hat