The most obvious conflict is between Ra and the monsters of my underworld, Apep being the most consistently fought. As you may remember, Apep is the serpent of the underworld that battles Ra each night.
Apep's goal is to consume Ra and his barque, obviously causing problems between the two. Ra has to travel this journey each and every night and each time Apep comes out to fight.
The conflict is resolved by Ra defeating Apep, but the cycle of Ra on his journey continues each night. Apep being a serpent of my home, is angered by Ra traveling through.
Ra's entire purpose of traveling through the Ament was to have his rebirth from his daughter, Nut. He needed to be resurrected to become young again. But Apep wouldn't have it.
Apep tried to either consume the god and his sun boat or Ra in his tracks with a hypnotic stare.
Other that it being his duty why does Ra Fight the serpent?
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