Ra

Ra

(Deity)

Titles

King of the Heavens

Alignment

Lawful neutral

Areas of Concern

Creation
Rulership
The sun

Edicts

Bring order to places of chaos, kill evil monsters and fiends, encourage just laws, provide warmth where needed

Anathema

Avoid personal change, kill a plant or a creature with cold damage, seal a building to completely block sunlight

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Fire, Glory, Law, Nobility, Sun

Subdomains (1E)

Day, Heroism, Honor, Inevitable, Leadership, Light

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Sanctification (2E)

Can choose holy

Domains (2E)

Fire, nature, sun, time
Alternate: Creation

Favored Weapon

Spear

Symbol

Solar disk

Sacred Animal

Falcon

Sacred Colors

Red, gold

Images of Ra

Source: Empty Graves, pg(s). 72 (1E)
Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 314–315 (2E)

The religious symbol, sacred animal, and sacred color for this deity are listed exclusively in the Divine Mysteries Web Supplement. Alignment details sourced form Empty Graves and Lost Omens Gods & Magic 124–125.

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Ra was the ruler of the deities in the Osirian pantheon and the legendary king of Osirion during the Age of Creation. He represented the sun and fair, just, honourable rulership, and was credited by many Osirians to be their creator.

History

According to Amenopheus, after the death of Gorum in 4724 AR, Nethys and Thoth battled over a source of power in the Inner Sea north of Sothis. Nethys emerged as the victor and cast Thoth away from Golarion. A whirlpool appeared at the site of the battle, and a coven of the hag goddesses Gyronna, Mestama, and Alazhra entered it to begin performing a ritual of unknown purpose. This spurred the Osirian deities Ra, Horus, Anubis, Osiris, Maat, and Isis to rise in opposition of them, but the old gods of Osirion were unable to disrupt the ritual. However, Gyronna briefly stuttered while reciting the ritual, an error that offered enough of a chance for the Osirian deities to intervene. All nine deities vanished in a flash, their fates unknown.

Appearance

Ra was a powerful falcon-headed man with a sun disc blazing above his head.

Home

Ra traveled on a great barge through the heavens.

Relationships

A family tree of the Osirian pantheon.

Ra was the father of Bastet, Hathor, Maat and Sekhmet, and the creator of many other Osirian deities. Thoth, his son-in-law, served as his counsellor and secretary, and Wadjet supported him as the patron of kings.

Apep, the great serpent who seeks to consume the sun, was Ra's arch-enemy whom he fought nightly to protect the sun; he was often aided in this great battle by Bastet, Horus, Selket and Sobek. Every sunrise is seen as evidence of Apep's defeat at Ra's hands, albeit a temporary one until the sun rises no more and everything ends.

Cults

Ra was worshipped by both pharaohs and paladins fighting against darkness as well as by commoners. Obelisks representing petrified sunlight were always found in Ra's temples, which were open to the sky and where services were held in daylight.

Since Ra's disappearance, prayers to him and the rest of the Osirian pantheon of old gods have gone unanswered.