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themselves the “Cattle of Ra”.

The Sun

To Egyptians, the sun represented

light, warmth, and growth. Thus

the existence of Ra was important

to them. The sun disk was seen as

either the body or eye of Ra. Being

the father of both Shu and Tefnut,

whom he created, Shu controlled

the wind of the world, as Tefnut

became the goddess of the rain.

The three were highly respected

as agriculture highly depended