God · Egyptian
Horus
Horus, a god of the Egyptian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: egyptian
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Apollo | Herodotus, Histories 2.144 and 2.156, c. 430 BCE | Horus son of Osiris, the last god to rule Egypt after deposing Typhon, is the one the Greeks call Apollo. |
| adopted as Harpocrates | Ptolemaic Alexandria, 3rd c. BCE | Har-pa-khered, Horus the Child, became the Greek god of silence Harpocrates. |
| identified as Baal | Papyrus Amherst 63, Aramaic in Demotic script, c. 4th c. BCE | The papyrus blesses by "Baal from Zephon" and in parallel by Horus, so the storm god could also be Horus. |