As per Egyptian mythology, Amun-Ra is the Sun God and the most important God in ancient Egypt. He is the chief of the Egyptian Gods and is known to be the creator of the Universe and restorer of Ma’at which is the ancient Egyptian word for “order”. Being the Sun God, he is said to travel across the sky in a burning boat. As the Sun is the giver of life, Amun-Ra is worshipped as the creator of the Universe and a source of life. Human being is said to have been created from his tears and sweat.

Amun-Ra is assumed to be a combination of “Amun” who is the invincible God of all creations and “Ra” who is the falcon God who created stars and earth. The reason for the merger of these two Gods is become one single deity. Amun was the God king in Thebes and Ra was the God king in Memphis. Because they were both having similar natures, they merged to become one single deity.

Amun-Ra assumes many forms. When in human form, he is depicted as a bearded man with a hawk head, wearing the golden disk on top of his head and a serpent wrapped around the base of the disk like a crown. Amun-Ra is generally shown holding a sceptre in his left hand and an Ankh in his right hand. An Ankh is the ancient Egyptian symbol for life. In animal form, he is generally depicted in the form of a snake or a ram or a goose. Amun-Ra is not a very social God and hence prefers to stay in forests while he can live anywhere because he is the one who has created the universe.

In the Egyptian mythology, it is believed that Amun-Ra created himself by springing alive from the vast ocean and took his role as the creator of the universe. He has many forms, primarily taken to defend against the monsters of the Underworld. Some of them are:

1. Khepri, with the head of a Scarab, as the morning God
2. ⁠Atum as the afternoon God &
3. ⁠Khnum, with the head of a Ram, as the evening God.

 For Amun -Ra, things are either good or evil. He is worshipped as the protector from the evil and is regarded as a fair and forgiving God.