Hor-heri-wadjef

Hor-heri-wadjef (also Hor-heri-wadj ) is a form of the god Horus in Egyptian mythology and was first documented in the Middle Kingdom . During the Greco-Roman times he enjoyed a special cult status in the form of Hor-Behdeti in Edfu and as a deity of the 18th Upper Egyptian Gau ( Falkengau ) .

Representations

Lotus flower

Iconographic representations are only attested in the New Kingdom . In this era he appeared as a falcon sitting on a papyrus column, optionally with a double crown . In the later days he wore the double feather crown instead of the double crown.

Its attributes expanded during the Greco-Roman period. He could now be seen as a seated falcon-headed deity or as a standing falcon-headed god with the What-scepter and a knife in his hands; also as a falcon on a papyrus or lotus flower , optionally with a sun disk on a papyrus column .

Mythological connections

Naming

The Book of the Dead , which was written in the New Kingdom, describes how Hor-heri-wadjef got his name. In connection with the topic of “ knowing the Bas of Buto ”, the story follows how Seth, the black boar, injures Horus' eye and Re then heals it. The report ends with the naming of Hor-heri-wadjef:

“Horus is the father of Amset , Hapi , Duamutef and Kebechsenuef ; the mother is Isis . And Horus said to Re, Give me two brothers in Buto and two brothers in Hierakonpolis from the body of Bas, and they shall be with me, entrusted (to me) for ever, so that the world may prosper and the turmoil be wiped out. This is how his name Hor-heri-wadjef came about. "

- Book of the Dead 112 (30-37)

Other connections

In the Middle Kingdom, the safety net ropes were considered to be those of Hor-heri-wadjef. In addition, it says: “The sut part of the ship, the saschet rope, the top of the mast, the scha ropes and the nin ropes of the fishing boat are the hair of heaven that created the earth , and the ties of Horus on his papyrus column ". In addition, Hor-heri-wadjef has held important functions since the Middle Kingdom: “A remitter into eternity”, “Opener of infinity” or “One who allows the country to flourish” and “Who calms the turmoil”.

Since the late period, Hor-heri-vadjef was the god of the 17th lunar day . In the Greco-Roman times he acted as the deity of the ninth hour of the night and as the chronocrat of the 17th Peret III . In addition, he was a member of the Ninth of the Temple of the Schentait and the Ninth of Temple K in Edfu and the name of the reciter .

literature

Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG , vol. 5: Ḥ - ḫ (series of publications: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta 114) . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , pp. 275-276.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b variant: give me a brother .
↑ Tobias Hofmann, Alexandra Sturm: Menschenbilder - Bildermenschen: Art and culture in ancient Egypt . T. Hofmann, Ketsch 2003, ISBN 3-8330-0676-5 , p. 110.

[V1-1] variant: give me a brother .

[2] Tobias Hofmann, Alexandra Sturm: Menschenbilder - Bildermenschen: Art and culture in ancient Egypt . T. Hofmann, Ketsch 2003, ISBN 3-8330-0676-5 , p. 110.