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Horus

deity sky Egyptian corroborated · 81

An Egyptian god with the head of a falcon or hawk.

↻ synthesized from 81 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Ancient Egypt

Relationships

co occurs with
Monthu, Seker, Inmyeonjo, Kuk, Kauket, Meretseger, Epona, Tangaloa, Menabosho, Balli Penyalong, Laki Neho, Laki Tenangan, Singalang Burong, Rudiobus, Koda Pen, Cagn, Ngo, Sekhet, Nemty, Serqet, Bennu, Nekhbet, Tjenenyet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Montu-Ra, Montu-Ra-Horakhty, Amunet, Herrut, Mehet-Weret, Nebethetepet, Hathor of the Four Faces, Mut, Neferhotep, Tasenetnofret, Ptah-Seker, Ptah-Seker-Osiris, Seker-Osiris, Sopdu, Bast, Ra-Horakhty, Ra-Horus, Eye of Atum, Eros, Heru-pa-Khered, Bubastis, Mnevis bull, Saulė, Amun-Ra, Khnum-Ra, Min-Ra, Inanna, Tanit, Hand-of-Venus, Hand-of-Mary, Sia, Ogdoad, Khonshu, Teshub, Kumarbi, Hesat, Sekhat-Hor, Mehet-Weryt, Shedyt, Sema-wer, Ageb-wer, Kronos, Rhea, Ouranos, Dione, Baalat Gebal, Byblian Aphrodite, Imentet, Shai, Renenutet, Four sons of Horus, Sopdet, Sah, *Dyēus, seven minor scorpion deities, Babi, Banebdjedet, Ram of Mendes, Sebek, Min, Repyt, Aperetiset, Re-Hor-achti, Min-Amun, Irta, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Kherty, Shezmu, Meret, Ennead, Nephthys, Neith, Sobek-Ra, Montu, Amun, Atum, Khepri, Apis, Shu, Onuris, Nefertem, Sobek, Ma'at, Im-ho-tep, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Hapy, Imsety, Nut, Geb, Apophis, Mnevis, Anat, Seth, Re, Ihy, Sokar, Menat, Harsomtus, Sothis, Orion, Amen-Re, Khonshu, Mehen, Blaze, Zehuti, Heru, Aton, Eye of Ra, Aroueris, Hadit, Nuit, Hapi, Imset, RA-HOOR-KHUIT, Heru-ra-ha, Hoor-pa-kraat, Thoth, Seshat, The Far, The Large, Hathor, Ptah, Ptah-South-of-His-Wall, Sirin, Gamayun, Karura, Alkonost, Bird goddess, Cuca, Coco, Hanuman, Yaghuth, Sekhmet, Typhon, Pakhet, Inti, Sūrya, Shamash, Sol, Helios, Aten, Aphrodite, Apep, Hadad, Baalshamin, Resheph, Aker, Maahes, Bat, Zeus, Minotaur, Hera, Ištar, Artemis (Diana), Astarte, Khnum, Amon
syncretized with
Apollo, Ra, Baal Zephon, Kolanthes, Sobek, Sed, Harpara-pa-khered, Arueris, Hemen, Khenti-kheti, Rekhyt, Re-Harakhty
allied with
Thoth, Ra, Bastet, Mut, Tefnut, Hathor, Sakhmet, Isis, Min, Wadjet, Amun, Apedemak, Satis, Nephthys, Serket, Shu, Heqet, Khonshu, Seshat, Unut, Ihy, Andjety, Sed, Anubis, Osiris, Hoor-paar-kraat, Bes
enemy of
Seth, Set
manifests as
falcons, Ra-Horakhty, Hariese, Heru-Behdeti, Harpocrates, Heru-ur, Wepwawet
parent of
Hapi, Ihy, Panebtawy, Harsomtus, Min-Horus, Hapy, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Imsety, sons of Horus, Imset, Eye of Horus
consort of
Serket, Ta-Bitjet, Hathor
sibling of
Horus the Elder
child of
Ra, Geb, Hathor, Banebdjed, Serapis, Osiris, Isis
has aspect
Horakhti, Atum, Neferhotep, Heru-Behdeti, Re-Horakhty, Harsomtus, Horus-nefer, Heru-ur, Har-em-akhet, Harpocrates, Nefer Hor
manifested by
nfr ḥr.w, Horus the Elder, Hariese, Haroeris, Wepwawet, Harpocrates
served by
Hathor

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Sources

wikipedia (80)
  1. List of hybrid creatures in folklore
  2. Horus
  3. Nekhbet
  4. Nemty
  5. Bastet
  6. Nephthys
  7. Tjenenyet
  8. Wadjet
  9. Apedemak
  10. Dying-and-rising god
  11. Hathor
  12. Serket
  13. Solar deity
  14. Atenism
  15. List of solar deities
  16. Eye of Ra
  17. Pakhet
  18. Harpocrates
  19. Ra
  20. Solar chariot
  21. Spring 2004 Dior couture collection
  22. Khonsu
  23. Osiris
  24. Thoth
  25. Heqet
  26. Hamsa
  27. Ancient Egyptian deities
  28. List of Egyptian deities
  29. Harsomtus
  30. Hadad
  31. Baalat Gebal
  32. Hesat
  33. Isis
  34. Nut (goddess)
  35. Seshat
  36. Ta-Bitjet
  37. Unut
  38. Customs of ancient Egypt
  39. Osiris myth
  40. Babi (mythology)
  41. Banebdjedet
  42. Ihy
  43. Khenti-kheti
  44. Kolanthes
  45. Min (god)
  46. Re-Hor-achti
  47. Sebeg
  48. Serapis
  49. Set (deity)
  50. Shed (deity)
  51. Shezmu
  52. Shu (god)
  53. Sobek
  54. Hera
  55. Andjety
  56. Four sons of Horus
  57. Dendera Temple complex
  58. Gods of Egypt (film)
  59. Meritamen
  60. Nebu
  61. Temple of Hathor at Dendera
  62. Sekhmet (Marvel Comics)
  63. Black Adam
  64. Radiate crown
  65. Aeon of Horus
  66. Carpentras Stele
  67. Enochian chess
  68. Eye of Horus
  69. Funeral of a Mummy on the Nile
  70. Heru-ra-ha
  71. Horus name
  72. Horus on the Crocodiles
  73. Narmer Palette
  74. Shahbaz (bird)
  75. Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu
  76. Temple of Edfu
  77. 5011 Ptah
  78. Shabaka Stone
  79. Ikhernofret Stela
  80. Opening of the Year Festival
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Animal Worship (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Horus, Monthu, Ra, and Seker – Each of these Egyptian gods has the head of a falcon or hawk.”

#4735 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Horus gradually took on the nature as both the son of Osiris and Osiris himself. He was referred to as Golden Horus Osiris. In the temple of Denderah he is given the full royal titulary of both that of Horus and Osiris.”

#9574 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Individual deities continue into historical times (post 3000 BC) to often be described in their original animal form: e.g., Horus (Falcon)”

#10227 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Originally, Nemty appears to have been the patron of the ancient area around Badari, which was the center of the cult of Horus. Due to lack of surviving information, it is not very well known what the original function of Nemty was or whether he was more than just a title of Horus referring to some specific function.”

#10229 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“These lakes were typical components of temples devoted to a number of lioness goddesses (Bastet, Mut, Tefnut, Hathor, Sakhmet) who are said to represent one original goddess and who came to be associated with sun gods such as Horus and Ra, as well as the Eye of Ra.”

#10871 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001