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'''Horus''' (Also '''Heru-sa-Aset''', '''Hrw''', '''Hr''', and '''Hor-Hekenu''') is the [[falcon]]-headed god of ancient [[Egyptian mythology]].

Like many other gods the nature of what he was and the legends and stories that went with him changed over the course of history. Horus was an amalgamation of other, related deities, all of whom were [[solar deity|sun gods]] and associated with the royal prerogative and the sky. Because Horus was a combination of other gods, it is rarely correct to refer to "Horus" as Horus was as much a family of related deities (though many had differing parentages) unified in one being; something similar occurs in many [[Christianity|Christians']] interpretation of the one [[God]] who manifests in [[Trinity|three parts]].
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Heru-ur (also called Harmerti) is the oldest version of Horus, and was a [[falcon]] creator-god who was known for restraining [[Apep]]. His eyes were the [[sun]] and the [[moon]]; during a new moon, he was blind and was called Mekhenty-er-irty ("he who has no [[eye]]s") and upon the return of his sight, he was called Khenty-irty ("he who has eyes"). While blind, Horus was quite dangerous, sometimes attacking his friends after mistaking them for enemies. He was a son of [[Geb]] and [[Nuit|Nut]] and was the patron god of [[Letopolis]].

As a child, Horus was called Har-pa-khered ("Horus the child" and called [[Harpocrates]] by the Greeks) and was a son of either [[Osiris]] and [[Isis]] or [[Banebdjetet]] and [[Hatmehit]]. He was depicted as a naked boy with a finger in his mouth, sitting on a [[lotus]] with his mother. In this form, he was a fertility god and was depicted with a [[cornucopia]]. Har-pa-Khered became very popular during the time of the [[Roman Empire]], when he was depicted riding a [[goose]] or [[ram]] (note Banebdjetet, his father, was a ram god).

Later Horus became absolutely aligned as a son of the dead body of Osiris and Isis (alternatively: he emerged from [[Saosis]]' [[acacia]] [[tree]]). This is very often cited as "the" Horus in many scholarly works. In truth, this Horus was called Har-sa-iset or Harsiesis.

As Har-nedj-itef (Harendotes in [[Greek language|Greek]]), Horus was Osiris' bodyguard in the [[underworld]], called the [[Duat]].

As Behedti, Horus was the patron deity of Behdet (cur: [[Edfu]]), where he was strongly associated with the [[falcon]].

As Chenti-irti, Horus was a falcon-god of [[law]] and order.

Later still he became associated with the [[sun god]] [[Ra]] where they combined especially at [[Heliopolis]] and became Ra-Herekhty (also Ra-Heru-akhety, Her-akhety ("Horus of the two horizons"), Har-em-akhet ("Horus upon the horizon"), Horakhety, Harmachis ([[Greek language|Greek]])), god of the morning sun.

[[Anhur]] was Horus as a union with [[Shu (Egyptian deity)|Shu]].

In the [[3rd millennium BC]], [[Set (mythology)|Set]] became the patron god of the pharaohs (replacing Horus in the form of Har-mau or Harsomtus) after overthrowing Horus in the form of Har-wer or Haroeris. Later a story became popular that Set had killed Horus' father [[Osiris]], and Set was thought of more and more as an evil god. So Har-mau was again made the pharaohs' patron in this myth: A war between Set and Horus ensued, lasting for eighty years. Har-mau tore off one leg and the testicles of Set, who in turn took out Har-mau's left eye (hence he is referred to as "the one-eyed god"). His eye was later returned to him. Horus won the war (with the support of [[Neith]]) and became the ruler of [[Lower and Upper Egypt]]. Seth was castrated or killed or moved in with Ra and became the voice of [[thunder]].

Horus was the father of the four gods associated with the [[canopic jar]]s of Egyptian funerary beliefs: [[Imset]], [[Hapi]], [[Duamutef]], and [[Kebechsenef]].

==References==
* Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/Horus Horus]. Retrieved Oct. 19, 2004.

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