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Ra, also known as Ra-Horakhty[1],  the King of the Egyptian gods[2] and presumably King the Sumerian Gods. [3]


Contest of Pantheons[]

In another reality, created after Gabrielle brought back Xena from her final death with a boon from C'thulon[4], Ra was tricked by Anubis into declaring war on the Greek Gods after Autolycus stole a necklace belonging to Isis. Ra himself led aerial attacks on Greek villages.[5]

In order to calm the war and maintain their worshippers, Zeus invited Ra and the Egyptian gods to Olympus, to observe a "contest of champions," with mortals fighting to the death to declare which Pantheon was superior. Zeus chose Gabrielle as the Champion of the Greeks, while Ra chose Fierosis as Champion of the Egyptians. When Autolycus tricked Zeus into allowing himself, Xena, and Joxer to serve as champion, Ra added four Apis to join Fierosis in the battle.[1] He was critical of Xena's plan of attack, which he thought appeared to be "cowardice."[6]

When Anubis sent his Army of the Dead to attack and capture the Greek champions, Zeus became outraged at the supposed betrayal by Ra and sent his Proxidicae to detain Ra. Easily defeating the Proxidicae, Ra pleaded ignorance in Anubis' scheme, but was then taken into custody when the Army of the Dead and Anubis stormed Olympus, with Anubis proclaiming himself Supreme god over both pantheons. After Xena killed Anubis, Ra was freed and declared himself and the Egyptians as friends to the Greek gods.[7]

Powers and Abilities[]

As the King of Egyptian gods, Ra has the same abilities and powers as other gods. Ra demonstrated great skill in using fire as a weapon.

Power over the fire: Ra has the power to create and manipulate fire. He incinerated Zeus's proxidicae when Zeus ordered to stop him and Ra burned them alive.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Pantheon Pandemonium"
  2. "City of the Dead"
  3. "Faith"
  4. "Unwritten History" - the alternative Dynamite timeline conflicts with "Send in the Clones", although it may have been reversed at some point
  5. "Holy Acrimony"
  6. "Stalk Like an Egyptian"
  7. "Undead Reckoning"

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Background information[]

The fans, speculate that Ra, is also the king of the Sumerian gods, the king of sumerian pantheon is called Ra in the episode Faith, but in Sumerian mythology, the gods seen as kings of the pantheon are An or Enlil, the Egyptian and Sumerian cultures are very differents.

In Egyptian mythology, Ra (often identified as Amen-Ra, Ra-Atum, or Ra-Horakhty), is the grandfather of Set, Osiris, and Isis, Nephtys, and the creator of Bast and he great grandfather of Anubi, Horus, Sobek and either the son or the father of Thoth. Although all these gods have appeared, their relationships with one another was not stated in the Xenaverse.


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