Hor-Behdeti

Hor-Behdeti in hieroglyphics
Old empire
Second split
Greco-Roman time	Hor-winged sun HR Bḥdtj Horus , who to (southern) Behdet belongs
Behdeti with the double feather crown (temple in Edfu )

Hor-Behdeti (also Hor-Behedeti , Horus von Edfu ) is a form of the god Horus in Egyptian mythology and was first documented in the Old Kingdom . It enjoyed a special cult status in Edfu , as it also appeared as a manifestation of the Hor-heri-wadjef . In addition, Hor-sa-aset-sa-Usir , Harsiese , Harendotes , Behdeti and the falcon of Khnum also called themselves Hor-Behdeti.

Iconography of the Hor-Behdeti

Temple in Edfu

• Falcon-headed with two bowls in his hands.
• As a man with the face of a hawk; with the white crown of the south , red crown of the north and a double feather crown as well as a spiral and two urea on his head. His back is shaped like a hawk, holding a harpoon and rope in his hands.
• Falcon-headed sitting on two crocodiles with the sun disk on their heads; holding a sickle in his right hand and a scorpion in his left hand. Hawk wings can be seen on his back.
• Falcon on a standard, optionally over three rushes.
• Winged carab with a sun disk between the front legs and a shear ring between the rear legs.
• Human headed as a sphinx with a hemhem crown , trampling two enemies.
• Lion with a human head and hemhem crown, claws like a knife and standing on enemies.

Mythological connections

Hor-Behdeti was involved in the Osirism myth as Hor-heri-wadjef and fought against Seth as a subsidiary form of Horus . In this capacity he was both child and husband of Isis , which in turn explains his mythological connection with Buto .

In the New Kingdom , the Hor Behdeti festival was celebrated on 5th Achet I every year in his honor . As the deity of the moon eye , the twelfth day of the lunar month was dedicated to him. Hor-Behdeti is attested in the Middle Kingdom as the local god of the second Upper Egyptian Gau .

In the temple of Edfu he formed a triad with Hathor of Dendera and Ihi .

See also

• List of Egyptian gods

literature

• Émile Chassinat : Le Mammisi d'Edfou . Impr. De l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Le Caire 1910.
• Émile Chassinat: Le Temple d'Edfou. Vol. 6. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Le Caire 2009 (first edition 1931), ISBN 978-2-7247-0486-0 .
• Hermann Kees : Horus of Edfu in the Ptolemaic period. In: Hermann Kees: The belief in gods in ancient Egypt. 7th edition, Akademie, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-05-000471-1 , pp. 418-430.
• Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of Egyptian gods and names of gods (LGG), Vol. 5: Ḥ - ḫ. (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. (OLA) Vol. 114). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , pp. 253-255.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG . Pp. 253-255.