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ID: 901001076
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001076
Record Type: Character/Person

Horus (Egyptian deity)

Note: Ancient Egyptian god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun or morning star, representing power and quintessence, and whose left eye was the moon or evening star, representing healing.

Names:
Horus (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Hor (Egyptian deity) (undetermined,U,N)
Horos (Egyptian deity) (undetermined,U)
Hōr (Egyptian deity) (Egyptian, Coptic,U,N)
Ωρος (Egyptian deity) (Greek,U,N)
Hōros (Egyptian deity) (Greek-P,U,N)
Ḥr (Egyptian deity) (undetermined,U,N)
Har (Egyptian deity) (undetermined,U,N)
Her (Egyptian deity) (undetermined,U,N)
Heru (Egyptian deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
........<Egyptian characters> (P)
............Horus (Egyptian deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
has as manifestation .... Ra-Horakhty
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Ra-Horakhty (Egyptian diety)) [901001349]
is basis of .... Harpokrates
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Harpokrates (Hellenistic deity)) [901002086]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture)
.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... falcon (bird)
.....(Falconidae (family), Falconiformes (order), Aves (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Horus (Egyptian deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015152881
Hor (Egyptian deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Horos (Egyptian deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Hōr (Egyptian deity)
................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Ωρος (Egyptian deity)
................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Hōros (Egyptian deity)
................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Ḥr (Egyptian deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Har (Egyptian deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Her (Egyptian deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Heru (Egyptian deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015152881
................ Source for image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Falcon_Shaped_Horus_-_Walters_571433_-_Three_Quarter.jpg
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 12C13(HORUS) Horus, son of Osiris and Isis

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