User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-31137559-20170519151430/@comment-29963364-20170519154232

In traditional Egyptian Religion/Mythology, Aten is simply the Sun Disk. A manifestation of Ra's power as the Sun God.

In Atenism, the Religion started by the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Aten is the "one true god" who is the sun. He has no creation myth, nor any family. He is the creator, the giver of life, and the nurturing spirit of the world. Basically the Egyptian equivalent to the Christian God.

Unfortunately, Atenism was later abolished by Pharaoh Horemheb. So Egypt went back to the traditional Religion/Mythology. Ra was top god again.