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هورس - هاروئریس

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هورس - هاروئریس

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Also known as Hor

هوروس

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Horus, also known by several alternate names, was one of ancient Egypt's most important gods, serving roles as the deity of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and the sky from prehistoric times through the Roman period. Egyptologists recognize multiple forms of Horus throughout history, which they treat as distinct gods, though these may represent different manifestations of a single complex deity with varying attributes and relationships.

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Deity.caption
Horus was often the ancient Egyptians' national tutelary deity. He was usually depicted as a falcon-headed man wearing the pschent, also known as a red and white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire kingdom of Egypt.
Deity.cult_center
Edfu
Deity.symbol
winged sun
Deity.parents
Geb and Nut, or Ra and Heqet
Deity.siblings
Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys, or Tasenetnofret
Deity.consort
Hathor
Deity.offspring
Harsomtus
Deity.greek_equivalent
Apollo
Deity.hiero
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Deity.equivalent1
Mandulis
Deity.equivalent1_type
Nubian
Deity.type
Egyptian
Deity.name
Horus
Deity.image
Horus standing.svg
Deity.image_upright
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Deity.enemy
Set

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
war deity
Gender
male
Spouse
Hathor
Child
Ihy
Father
Ra
Mother
Nut
Image
Horus standing.svg
Connects with
Eye of Horus
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Commons category
Horus
topic's main category
Category:Horus
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Horus
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name in hiero markup
H-Hr:r
enemy
Seth
domain of saint or deity
sky
appears in the form of
falcon
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