Heru-Behdeti

deity Egyptian single tradition · 1

Heru-Behdeti, also known as Horus of Behdet (Edfu) or Haidith in Greek, is an earlier, Egyptian version of Horus. Thoth allowed him to take the form of the solar disk to assist Re-Horakhty, or Ra-Hoor-Khuit, in a battle against Set and his army.

When

Attested period
-700 – -500
Historical notes
Appears on Stele 666, a Dynasty 25 or 26 offering stele.

Relationships

enemy of
Set
allied with
Re-Horakhty, RA-HOOR-KHUIT
manifests as
solar disk
aspect of
Horus
student of
Thoth
manifested by
Horus

Expand to full subgraph →

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“The earlier, Egyptian version, went by the name of Heru-Behdeti or Horus of Behdet (Edfu), Haidith in Greek. Thoth let him take the form of the solar disk to help a younger version of Horus—Re-Horakhty, or Ra-Hoor-Khuit—in a battle with Set and his army.”

#16634 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001