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Horus

Egyptian sky deity

Also known as Hor

Instance of: war deity
Part of: Egyptian mythology

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Horus, also known as Heru, Har, Her, or Hor in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities. He is known as the Ancient Egyptian god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt. Different descriptions of Horus are recorded in history, and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists. These various forms may be different manifestations of the same multi-layered deity in which certain attributes or syncretic relationships are emphasized, not necessarily in opposition but complementary to one another, consistent with how the Ancient Egyptians viewed the multiple facets of reality. He was most often depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner falcon or peregrine falcon, or as a man with a falcon head.

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Sex or gender: male
Said to be the same as: Q20857111
Child: Four sons of Horus
Imsety
Hapy (Son of Horus)
Duamutef
Qebehsenuef
Ihy
Mother: Isis
Nut
Father: Osiris sourcing circumstances: uncertainty
Geb
Ra sourcing circumstances: uncertainty
Name in hiero markup: G5-G7
G9
H-Hr:r
Enemy: Seth
Spouse: Hathor
Domain of saint or deity: kingship
sky
Appears in the form of: falcon
Connects with: Eye of Horus
Worshipped by: religion of ancient Egypt

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