Hornetjeru
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Hornetjeru (Hor-netjeru) Ḥr-nṯrw The Horus of the gods |
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Hornetjeru (also Hor-netjeru , Harnetjeru , Har-netjeru ) is the name of an ancient Egyptian deity who appeared as a subsidiary form of Horus from the Old Kingdom .
Mythological connections
In the pyramid texts of the Old Kingdom as well as in the mastaba of the Mereruka he is described as a god who comes out in the morning after he had previously been purified in the rushes of Sechet-iaru .
In the royal papyrus of Turin , Hornetjeru is considered to be one of the kings of the gods who ruled before the earthly kings ( pharaohs ). The term of government is given as 300 years. This statement coincides with the Aegyptiaca of Manetho , who called him "Horos" and lists him as the first "hero-demigod-king" after the first dynasty of gods. He succeeded the last king of the gods " Thoulis "; Manetho lists " Ares " ( Thoth ) as the successor to Hornetjeru . In the Book of Sothis , on the other hand, only 100 years are mentioned for that "Horos as demigod king" who, in accordance with Manethos' statements, also formed the beginning of the second divine dynasty in the Book of Sothis .
Hornetjerus' name is no longer preserved on the fragments of the Annals Stone of the 5th Dynasty that have been discovered so far , but the designation “second dynasty of demigod kings of Upper Egypt ” follows on from the “first dynasty of the kings of gods from Lower Egypt ” listed in the fragments . Hornetjerus' second predecessor, "penultimate god of the first dynasty of gods" is Mecha from Lower Egypt , which in turn corresponds to the Manethonian Thoulis . The deity Neb-ankh is also his further appearance, which is why he can be counted among the companions of Nebet-ankh .
See also
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 , p. 268.
- Gerald P. Verbrugghe, John M. Wickersham: Berossos and Manetho, introduced and translated. Native traditions in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor MI 2000, ISBN 0-472-08687-1 .