Hor-sched
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Hor-sched Ḥr-šd Horus , the savior / Horus, the summoner |
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Hor-sched has been documented in Egyptian mythology since the New Kingdom . It represents a subsidiary form of the god Horus and was endowed with youthful and childlike attributes in the Greco-Roman times .
Representations
New kingdom
Iconographic representations show Hor-sched in the New Kingdom as a falcon with a double crown standing on a high pedestal , with three snakes in front of his claws and a frond over his back .
Late period
In the late period , iconographic changes can already be noticed, as Hor-sched can now be seen in human form as a child who holds a scourge and a large snake in his hands, carries a disk of sun on his head and crouches on a crocodile.
Greco-Roman time
Since the Greco-Roman times, the most frequently used motif shows him as a naked child with a youth curl standing on two crocodiles and optionally holding gazelles , snakes, scorpions or a lion in his hands. There is a Beskopf above the Hor-sched's head .
In addition, Hor-sched is shown more rarely as an ithyphallic falcon with a menit on the neck and a Geb crown . He stands on a high pedestal on which a lion lies in front of him.
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz et al .: LGG , Vol. 5: Ḥ - ḫ - Series of publications: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta; 114 . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6 , p. 293.
Web links
- Metternich stele of Nectanebos II (Hor-sched right picture)