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Horus

Horus (/hɔːrəs/), also known as Heru, Har, Her, or Hor (/hɔːr/) in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as the 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.…

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Consort
Hathor, Isis, Serket, Nephthys, Ta-Bitjet
Enemy
Set
Greek
Apollo
Major cult center
Nekhen, Edfu
Nubian
Mandulis
Offspring
Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Ihy, Thoth (In some less common variants)

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Etymology

Horus and the pharaoh

Origin mythology

Mythological roles

Forms of Horus

Celebrations of Horus

Suggested influence on Christianity

In popular culture

Gallery

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Horus

Nodes160
Edges159
Triples292
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.0125
Components1

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Horus

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related to Gallery · 52
Horus → Abu SimbelHieroglyphs, AbydosGod Horus, Amenhotep II, Athens, BCE, BelgiumIsis, British Museum EA36328, Double Crown, Edfu, EdfuFalcon Horus, EdfuRelief, Egypt, Egyptian Art, Eighteenth Dynasty, HatshepsutStatue, Hierakonpolis, Horemheb, HorusFragment, HorusIn Duat Horus, Hunefer
related to Heru-pa-khered (Horus the child) · 38
Horus → Amun, Ancient Egyptian, As, BCE, Dynasty, Egypt, Egyptian, Elder, From, Harpocrates, He, Heru-pa-khered, His, Horus-the-child, However, In, Initially, Isis, Karnak, Khonsu
related to Heru-ur (Horus the Elder) · 27
Horus → Apollo, Elder, Foremost, Great, Greek, Haroeris, Heqet, Heru-ur, Heru-wer, His, In Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo, Letopolis, Lower Egypt, Ombos, Panebtawy, Qus, Ra, Semsem, Semsu
related to Origin mythology · 25
Horus → According, After, As, Egyptian, Geb, Greeks, Harpocrates, Heru-pa-khered, Heru-ur, Hourou'Ur, Hrw-P-Khrd, Hrw-wr, In, Isis, Medjed, Nephthys, Nile, Nile Delta, Nut, Older Egyptian
related to Etymology · 19
Horus → Additional, As, Coptic, Egyptian, Falcon, Greek, Harsiese, Hor-Akhti, Horakhti, Hō, Isis, It, Late Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Old Egyptian, Siese, Son, Sun, Two Horizons
related to Sky god · 16
Horus → As Horus, Egypt, Egyptians, Elder, Great, Horus's, In, Later, Lower Egypt, Moon, Set, Seth, Since Horus, Sun, The Contendings, Upper Egypt
related to Conflict between Horus and Set · 15
Horus → According, After Set, Egypt, Horus's, However, In, Isis, Lower Egypt, Osiris, Set, Set's, Seth, The, The Contendings, Then
related to Other forms of Horus · 15
Horus → Coptos, CrocodileHer-sema-tawy, Greek Harsomptus, Har-Nedj-Hef, Herui, His Mother, Hor Merti, Horuses, HorusHer-iunmutef, OsirisHorkhenti IrtiHor-imy-shenut, Pillar, Two Eyes, Two Lands, Uniter, Upper Egypt
related to Celebrations of Horus · 14
Horus → Edfu, Egypt, Egyptian, Emergence, Festival, Heb Nekhtet, His, In, Season, Set, Temple, The, The Festival, Victory
related to In popular culture · 12
Horus → Battle, Declan Hannigan, In, Kahmunrah, Kahmunrah's, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, Moon Knight, Museum, Night, Smithsonian, The

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set osiris egypt isis egyptian god also sun upper son pharaoh two deity gods form ancient one lower depicted deities

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HorusConsortHathor, Isis, Serket, Nephthys, Ta-Bitjet1.00infobox
HorusEnemySet1.00infobox
HorusGreekApollo1.00infobox
HorusMajor cult centerNekhen, Edfu1.00infobox
HorusNubianMandulis1.00infobox
HorusOffspringImsety, Hapy, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Ihy, Thoth (In some less common variants)1.00infobox
HorusParentsOsiris and Isis, Osiris and Nephthys Hathor1.00infobox
HorusSiblingsAnubis,[a] Bastet[b]1.00infobox
HorusSymbolEye of Horus1.00infobox
Horusis atutelary deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt0.90text
Horusis abrother of Osiris and Isis by Nut and Geb0.90text
Horusis aancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power from deities0.90text
Horusis aWarrior-class God in the multiplayer online battle arena game Smite with the title of0.90text

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