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The Pyramid Texts (c. 2400–2300 BCE) describe the nature of the pharaoh in different characters as both Horus and Osiris. The pharaoh as Horus in life became the pharaoh as Osiris in death, where he was united with the other gods. New incarnations of Horus succeeded the deceased pharaoh on earth in the form of new pharaohs. [14]
The gods Osiris, Anubis, and Horus depicted together in the Tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings. The goddesses find and restore Osiris's body, often with the help of other deities, including Thoth, a deity credited with great magical and healing powers, and Anubis, the god of embalming and funerary rites.
The syncretized god Seker-Osiris. His iconography combines that of Osiris (atef-crown, crook and flail) and Seker (hawk head, was-sceptre). Osiris is the mythological father of the god Horus, whose conception is described in the Osiris myth (a central myth in ancient Egyptian belief).
From Osiris to Horus, this Egyptian Gods trivia is he Egypt arguably had one of the most complex sets of gods and goddesses. Ancient Egyptian deities covered many aspects, such as the gods of the ...
Horus – A kingship god, usually shown as a Falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the Sun, kingship, protection, and healing; often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis [16] Imhotep – Architect and Vizier to Djoser , eventually deified as a healer god [ 17 ]
The sons of Horus portrayed on a lotus flower before the throne of Osiris, from the Ptolemaic temple at Deir el-Medina, third century BC The four sons did not receive the regular cultic worship that major Egyptian deities did, and they appeared exclusively in funerary contexts. [ 3 ]
Isis, Serapis and their child Harpocrates In Egyptian mythology, Horus was the child of Isis and Osiris.Osiris was the original divine pharaoh of Egypt, who had been murdered by his brother Set (by interpretatio graeca, identified with Typhon or Chaos), mummified, and thus became the god of the underworld.
The myths about the Ennead establish the king as heir to the lineage of rulers reaching back to the creator; the myth of divine birth states that the king is the son and heir of a god; and the myths about Osiris and Horus emphasize that rightful succession to the throne is essential to the maintenance of maat. Thus, mythology provided the ...