The Egyptian monarchy : God-father - son-King: Some literary mythical considerations on the king as Son of Ra

Abstract

The relationship between the god -father and the son-king in the Egyptian monarchy were the important condition that the pharaoh had to meet in the Two Lands. Also this relationship symbolized in the state from the Old Kingdom with the royal title Son of Ra, but was also used in many expressions that reinforced what they wanted to express. For example the last two stories in the Westcar papyrus narrate the divine origin of the Dynasty V as sons of Ra. These texts that are related to the Myths of Origen of a King. In this paper we analyze this questions, they are one important features of Egyptian kingship, is his divinity