What does the living horus mean?

Question

What does the living horus mean?

Answer 1

The phrase, "The Living Horus" was used by Egyptian pharaohs who believed themselves to be an incarnation of the God Horus on Earth. In death, the pharaoh is associated with Osiris - god of the Underworld or Afterlife and the father of the God Horus. It is the god Osiris who grants the pharaoh everlasting life and the spirit of the deceased pharaoh is then associated with the constellation of Orion.

Osiris and Horus are the same deity in different manifestations: Horus represents the sun at dawn while Osiris is the sun at sunset when it disappears below the horizon. So, Osiris dies and is resurrected: to live again as Horus.

It's like when people used to say: "The King is dead! Long live the King!" The death of one pharaoh is swiftly followed by the ascension to the throne of his successor. When a pharaoh died, joining Osiris, the new pharaoh becomes the "Living Horus". Does that help?

Answer 2

Horus is the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 3

No; Horus is a Egyptian deity in symbolism a falcon, a god of sky, sun, and the living Pharaoh upon earth.

Answer 4

Horus lives on through the living Pharaoh.

Answer 5

Horus is a deity, not a living person alive or dead.

Answer 6

He is not, Horus is the personification of the living Pharaoh.

Answer 7

In a way; Horus was considered the current living Pharaoh.

Answer 8

The living Pharaoh is considered the incarnate of Horus.

Answer 9

No one; Horus is the embodiment of the living Pharaoh according to myth.

Answer 10

Horus was believed to be the embodiment of the living Pharaoh on Earth.

Answer 11

Horus is a Egyptian deity, not a living/dead person.

Answer 12

A Pharaoh to the ancient Egyptians was the living Horus on earth.

Answer 13

They thought their pharaohs were living gods descended from Horus.

Answer 14

Horus was thought to be the king of Egypt, as pharaoh was his living embodiment; Horus was god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun, many others depending on the particular variant.

Answer 15

If you mean the Horus from ancient Egypt, no, he was not a Christian.

Answer 16

The living king was identified as an earthly Horus and the dead king (his father or predecessor) as Osiris.

Answer 17

As Horus was viewed by the Pharaoh as being the Living Horus, the Pharaoh was Osiris after death, and ruled there.

Answer 18

If you mean Horus of Nekhen; its in Boston. If you refer to Horus at Edfu link is also attached.

Answer 19

Horus is a deity in Egyptian myth; not a actual living person.

Answer 20

Horus was the Living Pharaoh; Osiris was the Pharaoh after death.

Answer 21

Horus is known as~ Horus, God of the Sky Horus is the falcon/falcon headed patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun. No his not. Nut is the Goddess of the sky.

Answer 22

Horus is the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 23

Horus, as the pharaoh.

Answer 24

Horus was the ancinet Egyptian god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun and more. Harmachis is another name and aspect of Horus; there were many such gods associated with Horus.

Answer 25

Horus is the falcon patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 26

Horus is the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 27

Horus is a Egyptian god, not a actual person - he never ruled Egypt save as the living Pharaoh.

Answer 28

That Horus is the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 29

Horus is the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 30

Horus was the living Pharaoh, god of rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 31

Yes, Horus is both a sky and solar god; the falcon who protects the earth with his wings; the living Pharaoh.

Answer 32

Horus is the falcon god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 33

Horus was the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 34

Horus is the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 35

Horus is the god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 36

Horus was the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 37

Horus was the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 38

Horus falcon/falcon headed god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 39

Horus was often portrayed in art as a hawk, that being a flying (heavenly) and predator (protective) symbol of the pharaoh; so the pharaoh was the living aspect of Horus on earth.

Answer 40

Horus was the falcon/falcon headed patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.

Answer 41

The ancient Egyptian Horus was god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun, and more. In ancient Egypt there did not seem to be a certain time one could, or could not worship Horus.

Answer 42

They personified and protected the canopic jars; in the beginning only Pharaohs were mummified, the Pharaoh to the Egyptians was the living Horus, the body parts removed were part of Horus' soul, hence "sons".

Answer 43

Horus is a mythological deity, not a person living or dead.

Answer 44

By prayer and offerings (from the living); for the dead, spells.

Answer 45

Pharaohs were believed to be the living Horus.

Answer 46

Horus was the Egyptian god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun, many others depending on the particular variant.

Answer 47

Horus was the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun; his power was usually relative to these and his other aspects.

Answer 48

Horus was the patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun, many others depending on the particular variant.

Answer 49

The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health.

Answer 50

The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health.

Answer 51

The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health.