Hor-ka-pet

Hor-ka-pet in hieroglyphics
New kingdom
Gr.-Roman. time	Hor-ka-pet Ḥr-k3-pt Horus , the heavenly bull
The planet Saturn as a heavenly bull

Hor-ka-pet is another ancient Egyptian name for the deity Horus . In ancient Egyptian mythology and astronomy , Hor-ka-pet referred to the planet Saturn as the celestial bull .

background

In the planetary chapter of the Nutbuch , lines 153 to 159 report on a cosmic dispute between Horus and Seth at sunset , which can finally be resolved through the mediation of Thoth .

The other heavenly "followers of Seth" are, like Seth, located in the western sky. Since Horus is also in the west and the planet Saturn was also called the star of the west , he could be assigned to the deity Horus.

See also

• List of Egyptian gods

literature

• Christian Leitz u. a .: LGG , vol. 5 . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , p. 293.
• Alexandra von Lieven : Floor plan of the course of the stars - the so-called groove book . The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies (among others), Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-635-0406-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexandra von Lieven: Plan of the course of the stars . Pp. 199-200.