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The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Manuscript of 'Contendings of Horus and Seth' in hieratic script in the Chester Beatty Library
Sizelength: 55 cm
Createdc. 1147 BC
Discovered1931
Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Present locationDublin, County Dublin, Ireland

"The Contendings of Horus and Seth" is a mythological story from the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt found in the first sixteen pages of the Chester Beatty Papyri and deals with the battles between Horus and Seth to determine who will succeed Osiris as king.

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The Contendings of Horus and Seth

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"The Contendings of Horus and Seth" is a mythological story from the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt found in the first sixteen pages of the Chester Beatty...

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Horus

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tale, known as The Contendings of Horus and Seth. In this tale, it was said that Seth, the patron of Upper Egypt, and Horus, the patron of Lower Egypt,...

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Eye of Horus

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taken the form of a black boar when striking Horus's eye. In "The Contendings of Horus and Set", a text from the late New Kingdom that relates the conflict...

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Nemty

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(House of Nemty) in the 12th Upper Egyptian nome. Nemty appears in the tale The Contendings of Horus and Seth which describes the settlement of the inheritance...

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Neith

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Griffths, The Conflict of Horus and Seth, (London, 1961) p. 1). This ties in with the vignette in The Contendings of Horus and Seth when, as the most ancient...

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Osiris

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in the Pyramid Texts at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, later New Kingdom source documents such as the Shabaka Stone and "The Contendings of Horus and Seth"...

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Four sons of Horus

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are the offspring of the goddess Isis and a form of Horus known as Horus the Elder. In the Pyramid Texts, the sons of Horus are said to assist the deceased...

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Ra

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of Ancient Egypt. He was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky. Ra was portrayed as a falcon and shared characteristics with the sky-god Horus...

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Index of Egyptian mythology articles

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Winged sun Book of the Dead – Book of the Dead spells – Book of Gates – Book of Thoth – The Contendings of Horus and Seth – Great Hymn to the Aten Atef –...

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Tefnut

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of Nut, the sky and Geb, the earth. Tefnut's grandchildren were Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, and, in some versions, Horus the Elder. She was also the...

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Geb

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of Egypt from whom his son Osiris and his grandson Horus inherited the land after many conflicts with the disruptive god Set, brother and killer of Osiris...

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Osiris myth

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Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517024-5. Redford, Donald B. (2001). "The Contendings of Horus and Seth". In...

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Heqet

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the new body of Horus at birth, as she was a goddess of the last moments of birth. As the birth of Horus became more intimately associated with the resurrection...

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Anasyrma

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Obscene Laughter in 'The Contendings of Horus and Seth', in Egyptian Inversions of Everyday Life, and in the Context of Cultic Competition". In Schneider,...

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Opening of the mouth ceremony

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Natron of the South, 5 pellets of El Kab. You taste its taste in front of the divine chapels, that which Horus spits out, smjn, that which Seth spits out...

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Wadjet

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in ancient Egyptian religion with the Eye of Ra and the Eye of Horus symbols, each powerful protective deities. The hieroglyph for her eye is shown below;...

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Taweret

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of her character. She is also mentioned in Plutarch's notes on the central myth of Isis and Osiris. She joined the forces of order and helped Horus to...

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Thoth

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the central Osiris myth, Thoth gives Isis the words to restore her husband, allowing the pair to conceive Horus. Following a battle between Horus and...

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Khonsu

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childhood, a sidelock of hair, as well as the menat necklace with crook and flail. He has close links to other divine children such as Horus and Shu. He was also...

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Aten

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as the embodiment of Horus. Akhenaten positioned himself as the only intermediary who could speak to Aten, emphasizing the dominance of Aten as the preeminent...

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Isis

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clever than a million gods". In several episodes in the New Kingdom story "The Contendings of Horus and Set", Isis uses these abilities to outmaneuver Set...

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Wepwawet

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towards the sky as Horus, Upon the celestial sledge of the Opener of the Ways" [Pyramid Texts §§796-799 (Sethe)] Wilfong, Terry G. "Death Dogs: The Jackal...

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Nephthys

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watchful guardian of the infant Horus. The Pyramid Texts refer to Isis as the "birth-mother" and to Nephthys as the "nursing-mother" of Horus. Nephthys was...

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Maat

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Relief of Maat in east upstairs. Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt Depiction of the Feast of the Beautiful Meeting, the second reunion between Horus and his wife...

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Hathor

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and Obscene Laughter in 'The Contendings of Horus and Seth', in Egyptian Inversions of Everyday Life, and in the Context of Cultic Competition". In Schneider...

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Serket

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venom—the jar of the intestine—which was deified later as Qebehsenuef, one of the four sons of Horus. As the guard of one of the canopic jars and a protector...

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Ammit

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accompanied Isis and Nephthys and the Sons of Horus. In later times, its judgment was presided by Ra. Often illustrated as an ostrich feather (the feather was...

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