Behdeti
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Behdeti (also Behedeti ) is a subsidiary form of the ancient Egyptian deities Horus and Hor-Behdeti . In the Greco-Roman times he was the main god of the second Upper Egyptian Gau and temple god in the 17th Lower Egyptian northern Behdet-Throngau . In addition, Horus of Buto ( Apollon of Buto ), Re-Behdeti and Re-Harachte-Behdeti appeared as the manifestation of Behdeti, whereby Horus of Buto was again equated with Horus in Greco-Roman times.
Representations
One of the usual standard motifs can be seen in Edfu , Dendera , Karnak and Medinet Habu : The king ( Pharaoh ) lies as a sphinx with an ointment vessel in his forepaws before a deity, while Behdeti hovers over him as a winged sun disk ; In Esna , Behdeti appears as a flying falcon and a sun disk over the king.
In another standard iconography , Behdeti protects the throne name of the king as a winged sun with an emblem . The names of the winged sun are written from the outside in. In this case, the king's name is on the lintels of the locker doors with the Behdeti representation .
In addition, it appears as a sun with wings and two snakes, the Uto of the cities of Pe and Dep (Buto). Behdeti was also represented in his equation as Schu or Sopdu .
Mythological connections
Behdeti is originally from the 4th / 5th centuries. Lower Egyptian Neithgau . Behdeti is also the main god of the Edfu temple . In his manifestation Sopdu he was the son of Sopdet . Numerous nicknames are known, one for each of his traits. He fights for his father Re when he is besieged by his enemies; he protects Harsiese , the son of Osiris and Isis from Seth .
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Behedti. In: Lexicon of Egyptian Religious History. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , pp. 88-90.
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods (LGG). Vol. 2: ʿ - b (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. (OLA) Vol. 111). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1147-6 , pp. 814-815.
- Siegfried Schott : Ancient Egyptian festival dates. Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz / Wiesbaden 1950.
Individual evidence
- ↑ There were three places called Behdet : Southern Behdet , Northern Behdet and Eastern Behdet .