Harendotes
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Hor-nedjitef Ḥr-nḏ-jt.f Horus , who stands by his father |
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Harendotes ( ancient Egyptian Hor-nedjitef ) is a deity documented in Egyptian mythology since the Middle Kingdom and a sub-form of the god Horus . In his relation to Osiris he watches over him and is therefore one of the protective gods.
In addition, Harendotes occurs in its subsidiary forms as Hor-nedj-Hor-itef , Hor-nedj-Hor-itef-Wenennefer , Hor-nedj-itef-Usir , Hor-nedj-Hor-itef-Usir , Hor-nedj-itef-em -utset-Hor , Hor-nedj-itef-em-Rut-iset , Hor-nedjti-itef , Hor-nedjti-Hor-itef and Hor-Behedeti appear.
presentation
He is depicted as a falcon- headed person who wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and holds the what scepter in his hands
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meaning
The pyramid texts mention both Horus with the epithet “who protects his father” ( N ḏtj - ḥ r-jt = f ) as well as the god “Horus who protects his father” ( Ḥr-nḏ-ḥr-jt.f ) : Minor form of the Harendote.
The young Horus, as the son of Isis , receives the title "Harendotes" in the Osiris myth in the fight against Seth . He is considered the archetype of the royal successor and guarantees the resurrection of his father Osiris.
In his function as guardian of Osiris, he protects Osiris against all kinds of attacks. Harendotes not only protects his father Osiris, but also the dead, as his images surround them on the walls of their coffins.
Cult places
First Harendotes is worshiped as the sun god and another form of the god Horus in Hierakonpolis , later in Buto or Letopolis . As the local god of the 8th Upper Egyptian Ta-wer - Gaues , he experienced an important cult in the capital Abydos , as Harendotes was one of the nine gods there.
In Roman times he was worshiped on Philae . As the victorious god and consort of Isis and protector of their children, the sons of Horus , he found worship in Achmim .
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 269.
- Rolf Felde: Egyptian deities . 2nd expanded and improved edition, R. Felde Eigenverlag, Wiesbaden 1995.
- Veronica Ions: The Gods and Myths of Egypt. (= The great religions of the world - gods, myths and legends. ) Neuer Kaiser Verlag - Book and World, Klagenfurt 1988.
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of Egyptian gods and names of gods (LGG) Vol. 5: Ḥ - ḫ. (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 114). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , pp. 268-269.
- Richard H. Wilkinson: The world of the gods in ancient Egypt: Faith - Power - Mythology. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 .