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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-30-08 12:01 PM
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18. As far as Seth and Horus, there are over 40,000 references on the Google.
Edited on Sun Mar-30-08 12:01 PM by truedelphi
two are here. (You are sort of asking me to post links establishing that the sun rises inthe east in the morning, but just so you don't think they aren't out there.)

1)
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/horus.htm

Symbols: hawk/falcon, bull, Double Crown, Winged Disk, Udjat, Sphinx, weapons, iron, blacksmiths
Cult Center: Edfu, Buto and Heliopolis
Myths: Isis and Osiris


The falcon-headed god, the kings of Egypt associated themselves with Horus. Horus was among the most important gods of Egypt, particularly because the Pharaoh was supposed to be his earthly embodiment. Kings would eventually take the name of Horus as one of their own. At the same time, the Pharaohs were the followers of Re and so Horus became associated with the sun as well. To the people this solar deity became identified as the son of Osiris. Attempts to resolve the conflicts between these different gods in different parts of Egypt resulted in at least fifteen distinct forms of Horus.
They can be divided fairly easily into two groups, solar and Osirian, based on the parentage of the particular form of Horus. If he is said to be the son of Isis, he is Osirian; otherwise he is a solar deity. The solar Horus was called the son of Atum, or Re, or Geb and Nut variously.


2)
www.egyptartsite.com/crea.html
Egyptian Creation Myths
Seth was a lunar god, in his struggles with the solar god Horus, Seth is seen ... .In one Egyptian creation myth, the sun god Ra takes the form of Khepri, ...
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