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The Distant Goddess & the Eye of Ra
The sun's furious daughter storms off to a distant land — and the world withers until she returns.
Egyptians told of a fierce solar goddess, the 'Eye of Ra,' who in anger leaves Egypt for a faraway land. A god (often Thoth) is sent to soothe her and coax her back; her return, calmed from lioness to gentle goddess, renews the land and was celebrated in festival. The myth links the sun's daughter to the Nile's life-giving cycle.
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