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Osiris as a Father of Horus

Horus, Osiris and Anubis from a tomb's draw

The gods Anubis, Osiris, and God Horus, from a tomb painting. Osiris is the mythological father of the deity Horus, whose excogitation is described in the Osiris myth, a serious myth in ancient Egyptian belief. The myth described Osiris as having been defeated by his brother Set, who idolized Osiris' throne. Isis engaged the fragmented patches of Osiris, but the unique body part gone was the phallus. Isis fashioned a golden phallus, and briefly got Osiris back to life by use of a piece that she learned from her father. This charm gave her time to grown pregnant by Osiris before he once again died. Isis later broken birth to Horus. As such, since Horus was born afterwards Osiris' resurrection, Horus became view of as a representation of new starts and the vanquisher of the evil Set.

Ptah-Seker (who resulted from the merge between Ptah with Seker), deity of re-incarnation, thus gradually became discovered with Osiris, the two proper Ptah-Seker-Osiris. As the sun was thought to drop the night in the underworld, and was subsequently re-incarnated every morning, Ptah-Seker-Osiris was discovered as both king of the underworld, and god of reincarnation.

Osiris in Greco-Roman Time

Serapis, the new
shapeof Osiris in
Greco-Roman time

Finally, in Egypt, the Hellenic pharaohs decided to raise a deity that would be acceptable to both the local Egyptian population, and the influx of Hellenic visitors, to bring the two aggroup together, rather than allow a source of rising to grow. Thus Osiris was identified explicitly with Apis, real an aspect of Ptah, who had already been discovered as Osiris by this point, and a syncretism of the 2 was created, famous as Serapis, and showed as a standard Greek god.

Horus as Sky god

From advance Egyptian prehistory times, the (concretist) understanding of the existence (described above) led to a complex recognition between deities, their animal delegacies / incarnations, and factors of the natural order. It was in this linguistic context that Horus, the best-famous of the falcon-headed gods, emerged. As a sky god, he "was supposed as a heavenly falcon whose right eye was the sun and left eye the moon. The laced feathers of his breast were probably stars and his flies the skywith their downsweep making the winds". The popularity of Horus led to his last eclipsing of different other falcon gods, including Nekheny (literally "falcon"), the frequenter of Nekhen (the city of the hawk), and Khenty-Kety, the sponsor of Athribis. One bad symbol affiliated with Horus in his divine incarnation was the djed pillar, which was understood to represent the "pillar holding the sky old the earth".

These divine connotations were searched in greater point in the myths, rituals, and iconographic portraying that characterized Horus as a solar deity.

Horus as a Child (Harpokrates)

God Horus as a Child

As a child, God Horus was famous as Harpokrates, "the babe Horus", and was portrayed as a baby being suckled by Isis. He was said to be common from the waist down. This may be because his father was gone when he was considered or possibly because he was born untimely. In later times he was affiliated with the newborn sun. Harpokrates is pictured as a child nursing his thumb and having his hair fashioned in a sidelock that symbolized his youth. On his head he wore the royal crown and uraeus. Also, in Egyptian art, such as the representative to the right, Harpokrates is presented as a child with the sidelock of youth straight on crocodiles and holding in one hand scorpions and in the other hand snakes.

Conflict between Horus and Set (Mythology)

The binary god Horus-Set

Horus and Set were ever placed in opposition to each other. However, the right nature of their relationship varied moderately over time. Set was the embodiment of disarray and chaos while Horus was the shape of order. Similarly, Horus represented the daylight sky while Set represented the dark time sky. However, in early times the two were besides seen as existing in a state of balance in which Horus and Set defended Upper and Lower Egypt respectively. They were often shown together to suggest the union of Upper and Lower Egypt and there is even a complex deity named Horus-Set, who was represented as a man with two heads (one of the pitch of Horus, the gone of the Set animal).

At this stage Horus was often considered to be Set's brother and equal and the fight between them was thought to be endless. Nonetheless, the rise in importance of the Ennead ensued in Horus being shape as the son of Osiris and so the nephew of Set. This changed the nature of the difference between them, as it was now achievable for Set to be overcome and for Horus to exact the throne of Egypt as his individual.

The Elder Horus (Haroeris)

The elder Horus is one of the earliest gods of Egypt, born of the organized between Geb (earth) and Nut (sky) shortly after the innovation of the world. His older brother Osiris was given the responsibleness of superior the earth along with Isis while Horus was given charge of the sky and, specifically, the sun. In different rendering of the story, Horus is the son of Hathor while, in others, she is his married woman and, sometimes, she is mother, wife, and daughter girl of Horus. The scholar Geraldine Pinch notes that "one of the earliest bright images experienced from Egypt is that of a falcon in a bark" representing Horus in the sun lighter traveling across the heavens. Horus is also depicted as a creator deity and big protector. There were many falcon gods (known as Avian Deities) in Egyptian organized religion who were eventually absorbed into the god experienced as Horus. Some, such as Dunanwi from Upper Egypt, look early in history while others, like Montu, were frequent later. Horus' early association with Dunanwi has been disputed by scholars but there is no doubt he was later combined with the deity as Horus-Anubis. Dunanwi was a local god of the 18th upper nome (province) while Horus was widely revered throughout the country. It is possible that, like Inanna in Mesopotamia, the figure of Horus got as a local deity such as Dunanwi but it appears more likely that Horus was fully seen early in Egypt's religious evolution.

Famous Egyptologist, Wilkinson (R. H.), remarks on how "Horus was one of the early of Egyptian deities. His name is attested from the beginning of the Dynastic Period and it is liable that early falcon gods such as that shown limiting the `marsh dwellers' on the Narmer Palette be this same god" (200) Rulers of the Predynastic Period in Egypt (6000-3150 BCE) were famous as "Followers of Horus" which manifests to an even advance point of idolatry in Egypt's history.

In his purpose as The Cold One he does the same job as The Distant Goddess, a office linked with Hathor (and a number of other female deities) who go forth from Ra and return, bringing transformation. The sun and the moon were taken Horus' eyes as he observed over the people of the world mean solar day and night but could also draw good to them in times of problem or doubt. Reckoned as a falcon, he could fly far from Ra and regaining with vital information and, in the said way, could quickly bring comfort to those in need.

Egyptian Myth of Creation, Horus with Isis and Osiris

From God Geb, the sky God, and Nut, the earth goddess got four children: Osiris, Isis, Set and Nepthys. Osiris was the oldest and thus got king of Egypt, and he married his sister Isis. Osiris was a good king and commanded the respect of all who went the earth and the gods who dwelled in the infernal region. However, Set was always jealous of Osiris, because he did not statement the respect of those on earth or those in the netherworld. One day, Set varied himself into a heavy monster and attacked Osiris, killing him. Set then cut Osiris into pieces and widespread them passim the length and largeness of Egypt.

With Osiris dead, Set gone king of Egypt, with his sister Nepthys as his married woman. Nepthys, however, felt sorry for her sister Isis, who wept ceaselessly over her lost husband. Isis, who had great magical powers, decided to find her husband and take him back to life long enough so that they could have a child. Together with Nepthys, Isis wound the country, collection the men of her husbands body and reassembling them. Once she completed this project, she ultrasonic the breather of life into his body and raised him. They were unneurotic again, and Isis became significant soon after. Osiris was able to descend into the underworld, where he gone the lord of that domain. The child born to Isis was described Horus, the hawk-god. When he grown an adult, Horus decided to make a case before the courtroom of gods that he, not Set, was the true king of Egypt. A long period of controversy followed, and Set taken exception Horus to a repugn. The winner would got pharaoh.

Set, still, did not play fair. After several matches in which Set wandered and was the master, Horus mother, Isis, decided to help her son and set a trap for Set. She hooked him, but Set begged for his life, and Isis let him go. When he found out that she had let his enemy live, Horus gone angry with his mother, and rages against her, earning him the contempt of the other gods. They settled that there would be one more catch, and Set would get to take what it would be. Set determined that the final round of the contest would be a boat race. However, in order to make the contest a challenge, Set settled that he and Horus should speed boats made of stone. Horus was tricky and established a boat made of wood, treated with limestone plasterwork, which seemed like stone. As the gods gathered for the race, Set cut the top off of a mountain to serve as his boat and localized it in the water. His boat settled right away, and all the other gods expressed joy at him. Angry, Set translated himself into a hippo and assailed Horus boat. Horus defended off Set, but the other gods broken him before he could kill Set. The other gods decided that the match was a tie. Many of the Egyptian gods were gentle to Horus, but thought his anger toward his mother for being clement to Set, and were unconscious to back him completely.

The gods who worked the court decided to write a letter to Osiris and ask for his advice. Osiris replied with a decided answer: his son is the true king, and should be localized upon the throne. No one, said Osiris, should take the throne of Egypt through an pretend of dispatch, as Set had done. Set had killed Osiris, but Horus did not defeated anyone, and was the better nominee. The sun and the stars, who were Osiris allies, descended into the underworld, admitting the world in darkness. Finally, the gods united that Horus should claim his birthright as king of Egypt.

Horuss Four Sons (Canopic Jars)

Canopic Jars

A set of 4 stone or ceramic containers made to take the mummified secret organs of the passed. Each jar was affiliated with one of the 4 sons of Horus, and each held a unique organ. The lids of the jars was the head of the sons. Mesti, the human-headed son, was guardian of the liver; Duamutef, the jackal-headed son, was the guardian of the suffer; Hapi, the baboon-headed son, was defender of the lungs; Qebesenef, the hawk-headed son, was the guardian of the bowels.

The internal organs were covered and set in the canopic jars with a result of natron and water visited the liquid of the children of Horus. The four sealed jars were placed in a small chest with 4 compartments, one for every last jar, and a spiritual spell was recited to invoke the protection of the sons of Horus. In addition to this conjuration, magical spells were usually written on each jar to doubly ensure the auspices of the organs. Canopic jars took their name from the Greek legend of Canopus, the navigate of Menelaus, the king of Sparta, who was sank in Egypt. Canopus was said to have been worshipped in the form of a jar with ft.

Horus and the Pharaohs

In Ancient Egypt the evolution of divine kingship enabled the sovereign to claim that his status as rule was approved of by the chief gods and that furthermore he himself was a god and one of their number. Horus relieved the first necessary by a prosperous legal processes before the gods: the pharaoh therefore was in a excellent position, being seen as a demonstration of the living Horus on the throne of Egypt.

According to the Turin Canon the late Predynastic rules of Egypt were followers of Horus. By the time of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in 3000 BC the ruler was Horus. On the palette in Cairo Museum, which shows King Narmer, the first ruler of a for good merged Egyptian state, the god Horus is shown holding a rope that passes through the nose of the out northern rival, symbolising the kings victory over the Delta. From this period ahead the Kings name is enclosed by the symbol of the Horus falcon, surmounting a rectangular form which has a base part indicating a hard wall. This was called the serekh or proclaimer of the pharaoh, whose make was written in the upper section of the rectangle.

Ra as Creator

With the Ancient Egyptian's involved polytheistic beliefs, Ra was precious as the creator god to some Ancient Egyptians, more specifically his followings at Heliopolis. It was considered that Ra wept, and from the charges he wept got man. These cult-followers trusted that Ra was self-created, while followers of Ptah trusted that Ra was created by Ptah. It is considered that this is the argue for pyramids of Old Kingdom worshipers at Heliopolis rarely observing Ra.

In a passage of the Book of the Dead, Ra cuts himself, and his blood transforms into two intellectual prosopopoeias: Hu, or authority, and Sia, or mind. Ra is also accredited with the creation of the flavors, months, plants, and animals.

The Role of Ra

God Ra riding the Solar boat

God Ra in the underworld: Ra was thought to travel on 2 solar boats called the Mandjet (the Boat of Millions of Years), or aurora boat and the Mesektet, or evening boat. These boats held him on his journey through the sky and the Duat, the literal Hades of Egypt. While Ra was on the Mesektet, he was in his ram-headed process.

When God Ra traveled in the sun boat he was companied by individual other deities accepting Sia (percept) and Hu (command) as well as Heka (magic power). Sometimes members of the Ennead served him on his journey, including Set who overcome the snake Apophis and Mehen who defended against the demons of the underworld. When god Ra was in the underworld, he would visit whole of his varied forms.

God Apophis, the God of chaos, was an great serpent who frustrated to stop the sun boat's journey every night by having it or by checking it in its tracks with a hypnotic stare. During the evening, the Egyptians thought that Ra set as Atum or in the form of a ram. The Mesektet, or the Night boat, would carry him through the underworld and back towards the east in homework for his reincarnation. These myths of Ra presented the sun future as the rebirth of the sun by the sky goddess Nut; thus attributing the concept of rebirth and replacement to Ra and toning up his role as a creator God as well. When Ra was in the underworld, he agreed with Osiris, the deity of the dead, and done it went the deity of the dead besides.

God Amun

In the Pyramid texts he is already observed as a primeval god, in association with his wife Amaunet. In Old Egyptian view he was the moving agent in the obscure breeze; thus he was venerated as deity of the wind and ruler of the air. From the 11th dynasty onwards he is attested as god of Thebes. Here, he coalesces with the sun God Ra to become Amun-Re, and, as Thebes increased in power, he grown king of the gods and tutelary deity of the empire. In his content as earlier deity of creation he is venerated in the shape of a goose; otherwise, the ram is his dedicated animal, a reference to his function as god of fertility. After the flow of Thebes his cult flied high in Ethiopia and among the oasis inhabitants Ammon.

Other features of Amun:

Amun as a Fertility God
Temples of Amun
Worship of Amun
Amun in Greece Period
Amun King of the Gods
Amun as a Creator

God Osiris

God whose world is Duat the Egyptian Underworld. He is shown in human form, as in his earliest coming into court yet old on a block from the reign of King Djedkara Izezi (Dynasty V) which points the head and office of the upper torso of a deity, above whom are the hieroglyphical symbols of Osiris's name. In fuller iconography his body is represented as wrapped in mummy binds from which his arms issue to hold the wands of kingship the curve and the flail. His distinctive crown experienced as the Atef comprises a rams horns at its base, and a tall conical centrepiece sporting a hook on each side.

The composition of his name has appealed much attending from scholars trusting to discover an etymology down it which could lead to conclusive proof concerning Osiriss origins. Few possibilities have met with even a quorum of acceptation and most remain unconvincing. From the symbolizations of the eye and the pot, Osiris has been given sources both east and west of the Nile, e.g. in Mesopotamia as the god Marduk, and in Libya as an suspect corn-god bearing a Berber name which implies the old one. His name has been broken by others to close he who interests the throne or he who pairs with Isis. It has even been proposed that behind Osiris there lurks an new mother-goddess whose name might be interpreted as she who belongs the uterus. However, the most likely account seems to be the simplest: Osiriss name is linked with the word woser which would give the smell of the Mighty One.

Other features of Osiris:

Osiris in Greco-Roman Time
Osiris as a Father of Horus
Temple of Philae as a cult place of Osiris
Osiris and the Pharaohs
The Gardens of Osiris
Osiris Ceremonies
Temple of Osiris at Abydos

God Horus

God Horus was one of the earliest ancient Egyptian gods, although until the Greek Period he was visited Hor. In fact, beliefs about Horus and the names by which he was famous varied widely looking on local traditions. Sometimes the deity was experienced as Horus the Elder, or Hor-Wer in ancient Egyptian, a power of good battling evil. He was likewise Horus of Gold, or Hor-Nubti, undoer of the heavy god Seth; Horus of the Horizon, or Har-akhtes, a sun deity who grown part of the solar God Ra as Re-Horakhty; or Harsiesis, or Hor-sa-iset, featured in mythology as the young son of the goddess Isis. In some myths he was taken the son of the goddess Hathor instead. Worshipped as Horus the Behdetite at a enshrine in Edfu, he was a falcon deity who transformed into a smart sun disk. Elsewhere he was Horus, the Uniter of the 2 Lands, or Horu-Sema-Tawy, who after shelling the evil god Seth united Egypt within himself as king on earth and the god Osiris as king of the divine realm. Thus Egypts kings were sometimes called the physical manifestation of Horus while they were living and of Osiris after they died.

From leastways as early as the 1st Dynasty, Horus was linked with Egypts kings. At that time they leaded off using his name as one of their royal titles and his main symbol, the falcon, as the symbol for kingship. Hence Horus was oftentimes called the protector of the king yet though he was also said to be the king in physical form. Because of this association, the king played the part of Horus in certain fetes and rites.

As a major deity in the Egyptian pantheon, Horus is the subject of some myths. One of these mythsfound in the Chester Beatty Papyrus I and going steady from the Twentieth Dynasty reign of Ramses V tells of a conflict between Horus and his uncle, Seth. The two go before the romance of the gods, presided over by the god Ra, and each argues that he deserves to win Osiris as the living king of Egypt. Seth claims this right as the brother of Osiris, even though he was likewise his murderer, while Horus claims it as Osiriss son and heir. (In other myths, Horus is Osiriss buddy.) The gods consider both lines and begin arguing among themselves, some reading that Seth would make a improved king because of his more advance age and strength and his fierceness; others favor Horus for his goodness and honor and his place as Osiriss son. Afterwards much debate, the gods adjourn without taking a conclusion.

Other features of Horus:

Horus and the Pharaohs
Horuss Four Sons (Canopic Jars)
Egyptian Myth of Creation, Horus with Isis and Osiris
The Elder Horus (Haroeris)
Conflict between Horus and Set (Mythology)
Horus as a Child (Harpokrates)
Horus as Sky god

God Ra

God Ra or Re, R was the senior solar deity of the ancient Egyptians, whose rage at Heliopolis, or Hermopolis Magna, got in the Early Dynastic Period. R was the near standard solar deity of Egypt, and his cult united many of the properties and mythology of various other temples. Ra looked on the ancient pyramidal stone in the phoenix hall at Heliopolis, as a symbolisation of rebirth and positive feedback. Re cult related itself with material profits: health, children, manliness, and the portion of the nation. Representing the sun, the cult was rooted in the raising prospects of nature and light.

The sun was addressed Khepri at dawn, Ra at noon, and deity Atum at night. As Atum the God was showed as a human with a double crown upon his head. As Khepri he considered the form of the sacred relieved. As R the god was showed as a man with the head of a falcon, overcome by the cobra and the Uraeus. He was also discovered with Horus, then called R-Horakhty, R-Horus. In this figure he was the horizon dweller. At dawn Ra discovered the sky in his solar boat, visited the Boat of Millions of Years, accompanied by lesser divinities of his train.

The God Ra looked in the form of Atum in the creation myths taught at Heliopolis. Ptah is suspect to have determined the egg out of which Ra arose. In the other cosmologic or creation stories of Egypt, R was depicted as rising as a Lotus flower from the waters of the abysm. In turn he begat Geb, the earth, and Nut, the sky. Of these were born Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. The mounting and declining of the moon was the monthly restoration of the Eye of Ra by the deity Thoth. This eye, alongside the Eye of Horus, grown one of the holiest symbolizations of ancient Egypt.

God Ra was the Real King, as Osiris was the Dead King. During the Old Kingdom the conception of the kings taking the powers of Ra took source. The kings went the corporal sons of the deity, a construct that would continue endless throughout Egyptian history. Even Alexander III the great afterwards he inhibited Egypt with his Greek forces journeyed to the Siwa oasis in the Libyan desert to be took as a son of the deity R and be given the powers of the true pharaohs of the River Nile. During the New Kingdom the deity Amun was agreed to Ra to get the most powerful deity in Egypt

Other features of Ra:

Relationship of Ra to other gods
The Role of Ra
Ra as Creator

Relationship of Ra to other gods

Ra with Amun inside the tomb of King Ramses IV

As with most wide worshipped Egyptian deities, Ra's identity operator was oftentimes combined with other gods, forming an interconnectedness between deities. Amun and Amun Ra. God Amun was a member of the Ogdoad, doing creation pushes with Amaunet, a very early patron of Thebes. He was thought to create via breath, and therefore was named with the wind rather than the sun. As the cults of Amun and Ra became more and more popular in Upper and Lower Egypt respectively they were merged to create Amun-Ra, a solar creator god. It is heavy to distinguish exactly when this compounding passed, but references to Amun-Ra looked in pyramid texts as early as the 5th dynasty. The most common belief is that Amun-Ra was formulated as a new state deity by the Theban swayer of the New Kingdom to unite believers of Amun with the older rage of Ra some the 18th dynasty.

Amun Ra was held the official title "king of the Gods" by worshipers, and images express the combined deity as a red-eyed man with a lion's mind that had a walking solar disk. Atum-Ra (or Ra-Atum) was another compound deity formed from two altogether separate deities, however Ra broken more similarities with Atum than with Amun. Atum was more close linked with the sun, and was likewise a creator God of the Ennead. Both Ra and Atum were involved as the father of the gods and pharaohs, and were wide worshiped. In older myths, Atum was the creator of Tefnut and Shu, and he was searching from ocean Nun.

In older Egyptian mythology, Ra-Horakhty was more of a title or manifestation than a complicated deity. It translates as "Ra (who is) Horus of the Horizons". It was thought to link Horakhty (as a sunrise directed look of Horus) to Ra. It has been proposed that Ra-Horakhty simply refers to the sun's journey from horizon to horizon as Ra, or that it means to show Ra as a allegorical deity of hope and rebirth. (See advance division: Ra and the sun).

Khepri was a scarab relieved who rolled the sun in the mornings, and was sometimes seen as the morning manifestation of Ra. Similarly, the ram-headed deity Khnum was also seen as the evening demonstration of Ra. The idea of various deities (or different aspects of Ra) ruling over various times of the day was fairly standard, but variable. With Khepri and Khnum taking priority over sunrise and sunset, Ra oftentimes was the representation of midday when the sun reached its peak at noon. Sometimes different facets of Horus were used rather of Ra's facets.

God Baal

God Baal was a God of Thunder, earlier from western Semitic. This god was worshipped in Egypt from the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom. His name Baal likewise spelled as Baal. Baal just way "Lord or Owner". Sometimes, god Ball was named Reammin, meaning Thunderer, or Aleyin, thinking Most High, Mightiest, Most Right or Excellent. His coming into court portrayed as man standing with a straight beard of Syrian style, hard a horned helmet and carrying weapon in his up hand such as a sword, a nine made from a cedar tree, or a thunderclap.

According to myth, Baal was the son of a senior northern Semitic god, Dagan. He was killed by the deity of death, Mot but he was resurrection by his sister or fan Anat, the severe war goddess.

As the God of thunderstorms, he was known to be a rider of clouds, most open during storms but was also took to be a lord of heaven and earth, even finding earths richness. He was also given various titles such as Most High Prince/Master, Vanquisher of Warriors, Mightiest, Most High, Excellent, Strong, Puissant, the Warrior and Prince, Great of the Earth.

He is a famous god at Memphis and other different areas. His cult center was established for him at Baal Saphon good Tanis in the north Delta of Egypt.

God Sopdu

God Sopdu was an ancient Egyptian god and the star knew to the Greeks as Sirius, Sothis, or the Dogstar, Alpha Canis Majoris. The show of Sopdu signaled the beginning of Akhet, the Season of torrent of the Nile. Sopdu was as well a divinity of the eastern desert and the deity of the four boxes of the earth, with Horus, Set, and Thoth. When connected with Horus, the deity was the Sharp Horus. The star was sometimes presented in a light form and then was assorted with the goddess Hathor. His consort was Sopdet.

The name of God Sopdu meant to ready, and he was described by a zodiacal light on a tall cone. He likely was east in origin and was varied into the husband of Sah (Orion). Sopdu was noted in the pyramid texts. The divinity was also described on an Abydos bone tablet, had by Djer of the First Dynasty (2920-2770 B.C.E.).

God Banebdjedet

God Banebdjedet or also knew as (Banedbdjed), the ram god was an ancient Egyptian god of Lower Egypt at Mendes. His name is interpreted as the ba (pregnant the spirit) of the lord of the djed. Ram gods often regarded as manifestation of other gods, as the word ram (ba) and the word for somebody or manifestation gone the same in Egyptian. He was as well incorporated to the first 4 gods or ba (Osiris, Geb, Shu and Ra-Atum), to reign over the Egypt. A huge granite enshrines for these deities were set in the Mendes bema.

God Banebdjedet was the consort of the fish goddess Hatmehit, who was the in the first place deity of Mendes and who was associated with Isis. Therefore, Banedgjedet was seen the generate of Horus. These three deities processed the Mendesian Triad. His visual aspect portrayed as a man with the head of ram or as a ram itself. He was also given the claims such as Lord of the Sky and Lord of Life.

According to one myth, Banebdjedet was consulted by the Divine Tribunal to judge between Horus and Set for the throne of the gods. Still, he proposes to consult Neith and ask for her sapience. As the dispute continues it is Banebdjedet who evokes that Set be given the throne as he is the elder brother. Banebdjedet cult center was developed at Mendes. He was celebrated as one of the Divine Ancestors who are buried at the burying ground of Behdet, during the Festival of the Beautiful Reunion took at Edfu.