CHAP. XIII. HORUS THE YOUNGER. 395 



HOR, HoRUS, THE SoN OF IsiS AND OsiRIS *, OR 



THE Younger Horus, Apollo, The Warmth 

 OF the Sun. 



The name of Younger Horus was given to this 

 Deity, to distinguish him from Aroeris, the brother 

 of Osiris, who was styled the Elder Horus. He 

 was supposed to have come into the world soon 

 after the birth of his parents, and on the death of 

 Osiris to have stood fortli as the avenger of his 

 father ; defeating Typho in several battles, and 

 enabUng Isis to thwart his evil intentions. 



It was probably in consequence of his victories 

 over the enemy of mankind, that he was so often 

 identified with Apollo ; the story of whose combat 

 with the serpent Pytho is evidently derived from 

 the Egyptian mythology t; and, indeed, the evil 

 genius of his adversary is frequently figured under 

 the form of a snake, whose head Horus is seen 

 piercing with a spear. But this is not confined to 

 Egyptian and Greek mythology. The same fable 

 occurs in the religion of India, where the malig- 

 nant serpent Caliya is slain by Vishnoo, in his avatar 

 of Crishna; and the Scandinavian Deity Thor was 

 said to have bruised the head of the Great Ser- 

 pent with his mace. The origin of this may be 

 readily traced to the Bible history. 



The serpent pierced by the spear of Horus is 



* Vide Plate 37. Horus. 



-j- Vide Macrob. Saturn, i. 19. p. 131. for tliis fable, whicli he ex- 

 plains by the rays of the !Sun overcoming the Iminidity of the earth. 



