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a few gods who did not suffer this



                                                                                                                                         fusion. Ptah is one of  them, as he




                                                                                                                                         was one of  the creator gods. The



                                                                                                                                         other is Osiris, whose legend was too



                                                                                                                                         popular. Atum-Ra never displaced




                                                                                                                                         other gods, who were worshipped



                                                                                                                                         in his sanctuary. We are able to see




            Atum-Ra is the a very important                                                                                              this with the case of  Hathor, who



            god of  Egyptian gods. However                                                                                               was spared mercy from her deeds as



            other gods suffered their loss of                                                                                            Sekhmet. Atum-Ra is represented




            name due to their assimilations with                                                                                         in human form with two crowns on



            Ra. Appearances of  other divinities                                                                                         his head, or of  a lion to symbolize




            such as Amon-Ra and Sobek-Ra are                                                                                             the power of  the god. We find him



            examples of  such gods. There were                                                                                           not only in these forms, but many
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