Post by Lt Colonel John Sheppard on Mar 2, 2007 21:12:57 GMT -5
Ra - Egypt - Is described in many texts as the creator of everything, Ra's position as chief among the Egyptian gods was unchallenged for many centuries. Ra's sun disk, depicted over the waters of Nun (Chaos), represented creation and order. Legend has it that Ra (sun) traveled the heavens by day in a boat, bestowing his blessings and favor upon the Earth. At night, the boat traveled through Tuat, the underworld, where Ra gave the gifts of air, light and food to the unfortunate condemned. Before leaving Tuat each night, Ra would battle with Apophis, casting a spell over the snake-demon that would render him immobile. Ra's followers would hack Apophis to pieces, allowing the sun god safe passage into the heavens for another days journey.
Ra - Egypt - Came to Earth 10,000 years ago, taking the body of a young boy as his own and ruling over primitive humans until an uprising forced Ra to flee Earth. He settled on a desert planet known as Abydos, and enslaved the humans to mine deposits of Naquadah and worship him. It is revealed later that Ra presided over all the other Goa'uld System Lords, and that the Goa'uld themselves are powerful parasites who have masqueraded as a variety of gods and goddesses of Earth legend. While Ra was referred to in many series episodes and his influence still felt among the civilizations once under his control, his destruction was absolute and left the remaining Goa'uld System Lords locked in a struggle for dominance. (Stargate: The Movie, Children of the Gods, parts 1 & 2, Hathor, There But For The Grace of God, Politics, The Curse, Moebius, parts 1 & 2)
Ra - Egypt - Came to Earth 10,000 years ago, taking the body of a young boy as his own and ruling over primitive humans until an uprising forced Ra to flee Earth. He settled on a desert planet known as Abydos, and enslaved the humans to mine deposits of Naquadah and worship him. It is revealed later that Ra presided over all the other Goa'uld System Lords, and that the Goa'uld themselves are powerful parasites who have masqueraded as a variety of gods and goddesses of Earth legend. While Ra was referred to in many series episodes and his influence still felt among the civilizations once under his control, his destruction was absolute and left the remaining Goa'uld System Lords locked in a struggle for dominance. (Stargate: The Movie, Children of the Gods, parts 1 & 2, Hathor, There But For The Grace of God, Politics, The Curse, Moebius, parts 1 & 2)