Amon Ra St Brown Shirtless (2024)

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Why is Amon-Ra St. Brown called Sun God? ›

Amon-Ra was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2021 and has become one of the hottest young playmakers in the league. The wideout, nicknamed the “Sun God” because of his Egyptian-inspired name, has earned two Pro Bowl nods and was a 2023 first-team All-Pro selection.

He grew up in California but his mother, Miriam Brown, was born in Leverkusen in Germany. She impressed upon him the importance of speaking other languages and Amon-Ra St. Brown speaks German and French fluently, in addition to English.

Brown has caught 73.4 percent of targets in his career.

Ra was portrayed as a man with the head of most likely either a lanner or peregrine falcon, adorned with a sun disk with a Cobra around it, and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus.

Ra. Arguably Ancient Egypt's most important god, Ra was the Creator God. He was one of the first to emerge in Egyptian mythology.

Self-confidence is very important in this sport.” This quote by the German-American football player Amon-Ra St. Brown of the Detroit Lions dates back to December 2021. Just 22 years old at the time, the wide receiver had just scored his second touchdown in his first NFL season.

Born, “Amon-Ra Julian Heru J. St. Brown,” the Lions receiver's first name comes an Egyptian god, Amon-Ra (or Amun-Ra), the chief diety of Egypt and sun god. He's not alone in having a unique name.

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Why is Amon called Sun God? ›

The god of wind Amun came to be identified with the solar god Ra and the god of fertility and creation Min, so that Amun-Ra had the main characteristic of a solar god, creator god and fertility god. He also adopted the aspect of the ram from the Nubian solar god, besides numerous other titles and aspects.

Ra is the Egyptian word for 'sun'. As a solar deity, Ra embodied the power of the sun but was also thought to be the sun itself, envisioned as the great god riding in his barge across the heavens throughout the day and descending into the underworld at sunset.

A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength.

Amun-Ra became the most prominent god of Egypt, during the Middle Kingdom. His popularity and the power of his cult was such that Egyptian religion was essentially monotheistic during this time. Amun-Ra is known as "the hidden one", the god of air, sun, and creation.