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Sahure was the son and successor of *Userkaf, the founder of the Fifth Dynasty; he and his brother *Neferirkare were both the children of Queen *Khentkaues. Sahure was mentioned in the folktale preserved in the Westcar Papyrus, as one of the triplets born to the sun-god Re by the wife of a priest of Re; the tale relates that these children were destined to exercise the kingship throughout Egypt.