Harsiese (Egyptian mythology)
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Harsiese (also Harsiesis ) is the son of Isis in Egyptian mythology, a subsidiary form of the god Horus . In the Old Kingdom , Harsiese is also referred to as the son of Osiris and Hathor in pyramid text 466a in equating the king ( Pharaoh ) .
Representations
Iconographic representations are only occasionally documented since the New Kingdom . The attributes of a youthful god appear sporadically in the late period and show a strong increase in Greco-Roman times .
New empire up to the 22nd dynasty
In the New Kingdom, Harsiese is depicted either with a falcon-headed without a crown or, standing between Isis and Osiris, as a god enthroned with a sun disk on his head, protecting his father Osiris. From the 21st to the 22nd dynasty he can be seen as a striding deity with the double crown in his hands.
22nd dynasty to the Greco-Roman period
In the later period, Harsiese supported his father Osiris with a falcon head together with Thoth . In addition, as an ithyphallic deity , he wears the Amun feather crown , with a falcon's tail on his back and a whip over his raised right arm, optionally with a double feather crown. In addition, he is depicted as a god crouching on a pedestal with the crown of deeds . Since the late days he has also been portrayed as a naked boy with youthful locks and fingers on his mouth.
In the Greco-Roman times, Harsiese can be seen standing with a falcon, carrying a tray with ointment vessels, optionally with a reliquary in his arms or as a standing falcon on a standard . In addition, there is the figure of a naked boy with a double crown, youth curl and fingers on his mouth, either sitting on an egg or standing on a high base with a cape. As a harpooner of a hippopotamus , Harsiese also wears the atef crown , with the inscription enemy on the hippopotamus .
Surname
His name means son of Isis and thus explains his descent as the son of the gods and siblings Osiris and Isis. As a result, Horus enters the circle around Osiris, which gives him an important role in this myth around Osiris .
In Egyptian mythology of the Greco-Roman period
In Greco-Roman times , the deities Sopdu , Iunmutef , Behedeti , Sobek , Sobek-Re , Min and Inpu-em-Djedu are also referred to as Harsiese .
Harsiese's son of Isis, and young child, was secretly born and raised by his mother in the papyrus thicket on the floating island of Chemmis near Buto . The child Horus was very weak at birth and suffered continually from the stalking of his uncle Seth . Isis, as "the great sorceress", however, protects her son from animals that bite or sting. Her magical power was strong enough to render the poison of the seven scorpions harmless, but she could not heal her son herself. Their cries for help caught the attention of Re , on whose boat Thoth was. Thoth uttered an incantation and thus healed the Horus child. Horus grew up in Buto and Osiris often returned from the afterlife to teach his son the art of war. He matured into a man and was now ready to fight against Seth and to regain the throne of his father Osiris. With this, the myth finally begins with the adult Horus, so no longer Harsiese, the Horus as a boy. Many other gods allied with him and Horus received the title Harendotes in the fight against Seth : The protector of his father.
meaning
As the son of Osiris, Harsiese was equated with the sky god Horus and the union with the image of the king followed. After all, the connection between Harsiese and Min was particularly close . Min, who fathered himself, merges not only with Harsiese, but also with Osiris, on which Seth's allegation is based, that Horus was conceived in adultery. Like Osiris, Harsiese also stands by the dead and helps them against his enemies and leads the deceased (the justified) to Osiris. Since the Middle Kingdom he has been equated with Nefertem , Horus of Letopolis, and Ihi . The Horus of Nechen and the Horus of Miam are also called Harsiese.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet Lexicon of Egyptian Religious History. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , pp. 275f.
- 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 the Egyptian gods and names of gods (LGG), Volume 5: Ḥ – ḫ (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 114). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , pp. 282-284.
- Richard H. Wilkinson : The world of the gods in ancient Egypt: Faith - Power - Mythology. Theiss, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8062-1819-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pyramid Text 466a .
- ^ Hans Bonnet: Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. P. 276.