Much like most other stories about mythology, the Ancient Egypt readings begin with stories about the creation and go on from there, detailing how everything came about. A detail that I found interesting was how Ra, the sun god, was more powerful than Nu, the Great Father. If I were to tell a story from Nu's viewpoint on how he felt about this particular detail, I feel as if this would be an interesting story to tell. Also, I could even write more in detail about how Nu got his beginning, which would be interesting, seeing as how he was the beginning. Additionally, I could expound upon how Nu felt about Ra creating other gods besides Nu and Ra.
I also think it's interesting that although time flows differently for the gods, they still do get old and theoretically die? This could explain some of the reasoning for why the other gods keep trying to usurp each other. Just like humans can't stand to wait for their turn on the throne, how much longer do the gods have to wait in order for them to rule. If the Egyptian gods feel the same emotions as humans do, then war and rebellion between them is inevitable, despite their godhood.
If anything, a war among them would be devastating to the humans who wouldn't be able to stop and/or intervene in the war without getting themselves absolutely decimated. With that being said, some gods do seem to be much more powerful than other gods, take for example Ra, who can create basically anything by speaking or thinking it into existence. Which leads me to another thought, how was Isis continually beaten back by Set, when she knows Ra's Secret Name of power? Telling a story from her point of view and how she decides to use that power could also be an interesting starting off point.
Bibliography: Ancient Egypt by Donald Mackenzie
Image 1: Ra, Wikipedia
Image 2: Isis, Wikipedia
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