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 Horus, supposed to be Apollo^ and therefore usurping 

 the Character of the younger Horus - - - 396 



Other Deities claim the same Character ; and the Two 

 Horuses are confounded. Peculiar Title of the younger 

 Horus " the Defender of his Father Osiris " - - 398 



Horus the Type of Majesty. The Steersman of the Sacred 

 Boats - - - - - - - 399 



Notions respecting Horus, his Colour and allegorical Cha- 

 racter - - _ - - - 400 



Mistaken for Priapus. Duties of Horus. The Hawk on 

 Tablets and INIummy Cases of Horus - - 401 



Horus and Ares. Horus was Apollo. Warlike Weapons 

 given to several Deities. The HorcE - - 402 



Horus and Ouro. Pharaoh or Phrah the Sun. Re and Horus 

 both the Types of Majesty. Aroeris, the elder Horus, 

 and Brother of Osiris. ( Vide infra, xxvi., the name of 

 Aroeris) - ... 403 



Aroeris, perhaps the Light or Splendour of the Sun. Har- 

 pocRATES, the Infant Horus. Born of Isis after her Hus- 

 band's Death. Fable of his being the tender Shoots of 

 Pulse - - - - - - 405 



Supposed to indicate Silence. The First Fruits of Lentils 

 offered to him. The Peach Tree. Form of Harpocrates 

 an Infant . _ . . . 406 



Other Infant Deities. Wears the Emblem of Truth. May 

 represent Youth in general. Resuscitation or New Birth. 

 Dissolution the Cause of Reproduction - - 407 



Triad of Isis, Nephthys, and Harpocrates. Harpocrates 

 seated on a Throne supported by Lions. Called Horus - 408 



Notion of his being the God of Silence erroneous. His 

 Finger to his iNIouth does not indicate this. Ehoou, the 

 Day ; hi Form similar to Harpocrates - - 409 



Athor his Mother. The Rising Sun. The Deity Ehuou 

 may be the Day or Morning, answering to Aurora, dis- 

 tinct fi-om Venus or the Morning Star - - 410 



Ehoou and Eos. The Lotus a Nymphaea ; and not the Ne- 

 lumbo, as in India - - - - - 411 



Hor-Hat or Agathodaemon. His Offices - - 412 



