Horus (Egyptian)
Horus (Egyptian) God of the king, the sky and vengeance Major cult center: Nekhen, Behdet Edfu Symbol: The wedjat eye, Parents: Osiris and Isis Siblings: Anubis (in some accounts) Consort: Hathor (in one version) Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists. These various forms may possibly be different perceptions of the same multi-layered deity in which certain attributes or syncretic relationships are emphasised, not necessarily in opposition but complementary to one another, consistent with how the Ancient Egyptians viewed the multiple facets of reality. The earliest recorded form is Horus the Falcon who was the patron deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt and who is the first known national god, specifically related to the king who in time be...