Harsomtus
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Hor-Semataui Ḥrw-sm3-t3wj Horus, who unites the two countries |
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Harsomtus is the Greek name of an ancient Egyptian deity who, in contrast to Semataui ( Middle Kingdom ), only appeared as a subsidiary form of Horus from the New Kingdom .
Representations
The iconography has been attested in many ways since the late period . He was depicted in human form as a deity enthroned or as a naked child in the papyrus thicket . In animal form he can be seen as a falcon , lion , snake or sphinx .
Mythological connections
Harsomtus appeared in the form of Osiris in his capacity as king; next to it as a Schu or Achi-who . The king ( Pharaoh ) symbolized Harsomtus as a living image. Harsomtus was worshiped as a local god in the sixth Upper Egyptian Gau .
As a patron god he was equated with Re , who protects his son Osiris . In Edfu's Mammisi ("House of Birth") , Harsomtus appeared as Atum . He offered green and black eyeshadow to the goddess Hathor .
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of the 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. 287-288.