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EGYPTIAN GOD HORUS
GOD OF KINGS, GOD OF THE SUN
Legend has it that Horus
was once a local god worshipped along the delta region of
the Nile. Over the centuries, his cult spread throughout
Egypt and belief in the potency of the Eye of Horus spread
into Roman times, when he was worshipped as the son of the
Goddess Isis and the God Osiris.
Horus is associated with regeneration, good health and
expanding prosperity. It is believed that the source of
Horus' power lie in his two eyes. His right eye was white
and represented the Sun; his left eye was black and
represented the Moon.
According to ancient myths, Horus lost his left eye to his
evil brother, Seth, whom he fought to avenge Seth's murder
of Osiris. Seth tore out the eye, but lost the fight. The
eye was reassembled by magic by the God Thoth, and Horus
then presented his eye to Osiris, and this enabled him to be
born again, but in the underworld.
Horus is represented as a man, or as a hawk or
falcon-headed man, often wearing the Pharaoh’s crown or with
a sun disc on his head. The god, would likely carry a was
scepter and an ankh, the symbol for eternal life.
| TITLE |
Lord of the Sky |
| ANIMAL |
hawk, falcon |
| SYMBOLS |
head of falcon, scepter, ankh |
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The predator bird, the falcon is a symbol of the god, Horus. Since,
Horus lost and regained his eye, the eye itself is a potent symbol,
called the eye of Horus. The eye, or wadjet eye as it is called is
worn or displayed as a powerful amulet of protection. The retrieved
eye is seen as the moon, the other, as the sun, thus Horus has
influence over these powerful forces of nature. Seth’s testicles,
weren’t revered, but were commonly referred to in crude oaths. By
the balls of Seth! they might say. And, thereafter, the opposing,
balancing forces of the two gods lived for all time, with Horus, the
god of the pharaoh and the fertile lands; Seth, the god of the
desert lands and foreign peoples.
Variants: Harsiesis, Heru-ur, Har-Wer,
Hōr.
It shall be that Horus will avenge
you,
It shall be that Thoth (the moon) will protect you
Songs from the Pyramids (2500 BC)
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