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HORUS (Egyptian Hor) , the name of an Egyptian god, if not of several distinct gods. To all forms of Horus
standing
bird, is connected with a root signifying " upper," and probably means " the high-flyer." The tame sacred falcon on its perch
hieroglyphic writing; the commonest title of the king in the earliest dynasties, and his first title later, was that which named him Horus
Egypt
was the " worship of Horus," and the kings of the prehistoric dynasties were afterwards called " the worshippers of Horus." The Northern Kingdom in particular was under the patronage of Horus. He was a solar divinity, but appears very early in the Osiris cycle of deities, a son of Isis and probably of Osiris, and opponent of Seth. On monuments of the Middle Kingdom or somewhat later we find besides Her the following special
Heliopolis
As a sun-god Horus not only worsted the hostile darkness and avenged his father, but also daily renewed himself. He was thus identical with his own father from one point of view. In the mythology, especially that of the New Kingdom, or of quite late
standing
finger
In the judgment scene Horus introduces the deceased to Osiris. To the Greeks Horus was equivalent to Apollo, but is the name of Hermopolis Parva (see DAMANHUR), which must have been among the first of the Egyptian cities to be known to them, he was apparently identified with Hermes. Although the falcon was the bird most properly sacred to Horus, not only its varieties, but also the sparrow -hawk, kestrel and other small hawks were mummified in his honour in late
See EGYPT
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