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to have created himself, without
the need of a mother or a father. In
this sense, he is the essence of life.
As Amun-Ra said, “Creation is not
something which comes from outside
of the individual, but something
that comes from the depths of one
Monarch. When the name Amun being”. Amun-Ra governed over
gained the status of supreme god of the sun and over the fertility of the
the whole kingdom, people started to region. By shining his light down
see Amun as the Sun god, as the Sun onto the lands, he was able to boost
was also the symbol of birth and the growth of crops and ensured
energy. Thus came about the birth that flooding did not happen along
of Amun-Ra. Amun-Ra is believed the Nile River.
