Per-Ḥōr-Ur
𓅃𓅨𓂋𓀭NK 𓅃𓏤𓅨𓂋𓊹NK 𓅃𓏤𓀘𓀭GRP 𓅃𓇳𓅨
𓅃𓏤𓀘𓏲𓅆GRP 𓅎 𓅃𓏤𓅨𓂋 𓅃𓀭𓀘𓏲𓀭 𓅃𓀘 𓅃𓀘𓀭
𓅃𓏤𓏴𓂋𓀭
The Elder
MDC: Hr-wr
Gardiner: Ḥrw-wr
Budge: Ḥeru-ur
Alt Egyptian: Hrw-bHdt 𓅃𓄑𓂧𓏏𓊖
Transliteration: Her-wer, Heru-wer Heru-ur
Reconstruction: Ḥōru-ur, Ḥōr-ur
Coptic: Ḥōr/ Ϩⲱⲣ, Ḥor/ϩⲟⲣ (Horu/Horus), ouēr /ⲟⲩⲏⲣ (great), Ouro/ⲟⲩⲣⲟ
Hebrew:
Ptolemaic Greek: Haroeris, Harsiesis, Haruaris, Aruëris/Ἀρούηριν (Plutarch), πρεσβύτερον Ὧρον, ῟ωροϛ (Budge)
English: Horus the Elder
Kemetic: Heru the elder
Alt: Haroeri , Herwer
Pronounced: Ḥōr-Ur, Ḥōru-Wer (Coptic influence) , Ḥar-Ur, Ḥaru-Wer (Greek influence)
Meaning: Horus the Elder, Horus the great
Home: Qu/Qis/ kos S Ⲕⲱⲥ Gesa
Temple:
Behdet/ Edfu/إدفو
Gebtu /Qift/ قفط/ Ⲕⲉϥⲧ Keft or Kebto/ Κόπτος Koptos/
Nekhen/ Hierakonpolis / Ἱεράκων πόλις / hierakōn polis 'City of Hawks'
Nubyt/ Kom Ombo/ Ὄμβοι Omboi/ كوم أمب /Embo ⲉⲙⲃⲱ Buto/ Βοῦτος, Βουτώ/ Boutos/ بوتو, Butu/ Original name Pe and Dep become the city of Per-Wadjet
Nome: 2nd nome LE khem/Letopolis
Consort
Hut-Hor/ Hathor
Children
Imseti
Hapi
Duamutef
Qebehsenuf
Parents
Geb (father) , Nut (Mother)
Siblings
Wesir/Osiris
Auset/Isis
Sutekh/ Set
Nebet-Hut/Nephytys
tA-snt-nfrt ?
Alternative Parentage
Re and Nut
Heket
Priest names
Features
Falcon's head man with the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt or the solar disk, falcon, lion, or hawk with a lion's head. One of the oldest gods. God of War who battles with Sutekh. Ra bending the war in his favor turns him into a solar disk enabling him to blind his enemies and win the war. Thus he is known as Heru-Behdety.
Symbols
Sun disk
Falcon, Hawk
Lion
Harp music
Harp
Red
Orange
Brown
Double crown of upper and lower Egypt 𓋖
Roles
Lord of the Red Land, and the storms, solar divinity, god of light, kingship, messenger of Djehuty/Thoth, Patron god of the blind, God of combat
Hybrid gods
Horakhety/ Hr(w)-Axty (Horu in the two horizons) (13th nome LE, Heka-At Iunu/Cairo)
Hormakhet/Horu-m-Axt (Horu in the horizon)
Horu-Beḥdety / Hr(w)-bHdty (Horu of the City of Beḥdety) (17th nome LE, bHdt/ Edfu)
Horu-Ḥekenu/ Hr(w)-Hknw (Horu who Praises)
Horu-Nekhen / Hr(w)-nxn (Horu of the City of Nekhen) (3rd nome UE, Nekhen/ Hierakonpolis)
Horu-Rā/ Hr(w)-ra
Horu-Soped / Hr-spd (parents King Osiris-Orion & Isis-Sothis)
Horu-Shu/ Hr(w)-Sw
Min-Horu/ mn-Hr(w)
Ra-Horakhety/ ra-Hr(w)-Axty (Ra and Horu in the two horizons) (13th nome LE, Heka-At Iunu/Cairo)
Connection to other gods
Nekheny (was absorbed by Horu-wer/ Horus the elder)> Wer (a god of light known as “the great one” whose eyes were the sun and moon) to become Horus of Nekhen/Hierakonpolis
Nekheny (Falcon god, he abosrobed him)
Wer ( god of light known “the great one” whose eyes were the sun and moon, he abosrobed him)
Other forms of Horu
Shu
Ra
Mekhenti-irty
Apollo/Ἀπλλωνα (Greek) (Plutarch)
Ma'at (son of truth)
Celebrations
second Epagomenal day (Powerful is the heart, Majesty of Horus, the Fearsome Fighter)
Offering items
Falcon or Hawk fetishes
Lion fetish
Beer
Red meat
Dark rum
Bread
Gold
Lapis Lazuli
Jasper
Orange
Clove
Iron
Weaponry
Harp music
Harps
Other forms of Hrw-wr
Hr bHdty: Hōru of Beḥdety Demotic Hr bHtt
Hr smsw: Hōru the elder
Other names
Hrw-bHdt--Horu of Behedty
Nenun appeared as, in Qu his birthplace
Epitaphs
Axty= He of the two horizons
bA iAbty= Soul of the East
bHdti= He of Behdet
it nTrw= Father of gods
Hrw-wr =Horus the Great or Horus the Elder
Hor-xnty-xm= Horus first in Khem (Letopolis/ 2nd nome LE)
mr mAat=Who loves ma’at
mr qmA=Who loves creation
ms nTrw pAwtyw=Who created the primeval gods
mxnti-irty = He on whose brow are the Two Eyes
nb nrw= Lord of Fear
nTr aA n sp tpy=The great god of the first time
pA-nb-tAwy= The lord of the two lands
PAwty = The primeval one
sAb Swty = He of the dappled plumage
smsw= oldest
wsrw wr ?=Great of Strength
xpr Hr nb n irty.fy= Because of his eyes everyone is created
son of truth
Ref.http://wepwawet.org/wiki/index.php?title=Heru-wer , Horus in the Pyramid Texts by Thomas George Allen
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