The Land of Kam

In Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) lore, Oset (Isis) poisoned Ra with a magical snake to learn his secret, hidden name, so that she could have divine power and use this power to protect Hru (Horus) so that he could successfully challenge his tyrannical uncle, Set. When Oset asked Ra to tell her his secret name so that she could heal him of his afflictions. In his response, Ra says, “I am KhepeRA in the morning, I am RA at noon, and I am Tmu (Atum Ra) at evening.”

“I am KhepeRA in the morning, I am RA at noon, and I am Tmu (Atum Ra) at evening.”

Maa Aankh with Utchat

When the different aspects of Ra are syncretized with the Dikenga dia Kongo according to their solar position.  The riddle indicates that Ra’s hidden name is Amun Ra (the Hidden Ra) and that Ra is not the sun god but symbolizes the moment of the sun from the Kemetic perspective, hence the Maa Aankh cosmogram.

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