some time around the middle kingdom, ra and osiris became friends. this was unusual because osiris lived in the underworld and ra lived in the heavens. all the other gods wanted to be friends with ra. they hoped that if they were friends with ra, ra would tell them his hidden name. but ra did have some enemies. seth was sometimes ra’s enemy, but seth "did" help ra fight apep, a snake god. the fact that seth helped ra reminded all of the gods that seth was not all bad. isis was another enemy of ra, she had tricked him into giving her his hidden name so her husband osiris could be king of the gods.