RA - Ra was Egyptian God of Sun, agriculture and the supreme God in Egyptian mythology. He was usually portrayed as a man with the head of a falcon, crowned with a sun disc. The Pharaohs of Egypt believed they were descendants of Ra and it was believed that when Pharaoh dies he joins God Ra in the sky.

Every day at dawn God Ra came as newborn child, at midday he was grown and often seen as a flying bird or sailing boat while at sunset he became an old man descending to the underworld (land of the dead). During night Ra was seen as boat sailing through the underworld where he had to battle or evade Apep, the great serpent of the underworld, that sought to devour him. Gods Seth and Mehen were sometimes helping Ra in his fight with Apep. Ra was creator of Shu, Tefnut and humankind.

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PHOENIX - Phoenix is a giant bird with gold, red or burning feathers from Arabian and Egyptian mythologies. Phoenixes are associated with the Sun, fire and are considered as one of symbols for both immortality and life after death. In some stories they breathe fire.

Phoenixes were long-living, almost immortal, creatures who had ability to reproduce or reincarnate itself after death. According to some traditions Phoenixes built their own funeral nests before dying and then re-birthing themselves as young from the dead body. This process occurred once in every 500 years... After Christianity began to spread, the tale of the Phoenix changed so that the bird turned its funeral nest into a pyre and self-immolated. After a period of time, usually three days, a new Phoenix would rise from the ashes.

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MUMMY - A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs.

In ancient Egypt rulers of Egypt, Pharaohs, were prepared in process of mummification for their after life. They were then placed in their tombs as mummies together with their wealth, their closest servants and anything else they might need in after life. In stories there tombs were often cursed and it's believed that if the tomb is disturbed the mummy will come back to life and seek out the person who disturbed it's eternal peace.

In modern age, Mummies are often seen in video games and movies... Most often they are undead creatures brought to life by necromancers to fight aid their masters in wars against humans, elves, dwarves and other living races.

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ANUBITE - Anubites were Anubis' (Egyptian God) priests. They wore jackal masks and were helping during the mummification rituals.

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