Ra or Re was associated with the sun, represented with a human body and the head of a hawk. It was believed that Ra was the father of creation, who ruled in all parts of world: the heavens, the earth, and the underworld. He was the God of the sun, order, Kings and sky. The Egyptians, believed that Ra created the seasons, plants, animals and humans. According to the myths, each day he sailed across the sky in a boat and made a passage through the underworld each night, during which he had to defeat the snake God, Apopis, to rise again the next day.