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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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