it is an hieroglyph it stands for what he was im guessing because every day he'd travel in his boat over the sky which means he fly's even though he never drove his boat he had drove for him he'd just ride along and they were pulled along by evil GOD's and he fought them and would win the battles against them so that th sun could rise the next morning so what does an eagle do it fly it fights so that it will be alive tomorrow to fight another day
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A hawk to the ancinet Egyptians, flew high and was so a overseer of the order of the world/earth, it was a protector and defender in it's nature as a hunter, it could fly seemingly beside the sun and so Ra was often - the sun god - was seen with the aspect of a hawk crowned by the sun.
Ra
All of the gods
Ra was the Egyptian God of the Sun.
ra is an Egyptian god of the sun
The primeval god, Nun, was the father of the god Ra.