Horus

Horus

(Deity)

Titles

The Distant Falcon; Horakhty; Horus of the Two Horizons

Alignment

Lawful neutral

Areas of Concern

Rulership
Sky
Sun

Edicts

Protect those you have authority over, maintain harmony in your community

Anathema

Undermine a rightful ruler, support a usurper

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Air, Animal, Law, Nobility, Sun

Subdomains (1E)

Day, Feather, Inevitable, Leadership, Light, Wind

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Favored Weapon

Khopesh

Symbol

Eye of Horus

Sacred Animal

Falcon

Source: Empty Graves, pg(s). 68 (1E)
Gods & Magic, pg(s). 124–125 (2E)

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Horus was the Osirian god of the sky, whose eyes were the sun and the moon, whose feathers were the stars, and whose wings were the sky. As Horakhty (meaning Horus of the Two Horizons), he was a deity of the rising and setting suns. Horus was said to be the legendary ruler of Osirion during the Age of Anguish, and was also a god of pharaohs.

Dogma

Horus commanded his followers to act as good stewards of the people they oversaw and ensure discord did not erupt within the community. His followers were forbidden from acting against legitimate rulers, especially in support of usurpers to the throne.

History

After the Age of Destiny, the people of Osirion worshiped their own local gods, including Horus, in addition to those deities venerated more commonly throughout the Inner Sea region. Their worship was most popular during the early millennia and waned as the Osirian people gradually turned to foreign deities. During the Age of Enthronement, the Osirian gods, while continuing to guide Osirion from afar, retreated from Golarion and turned their attention towards the distant land of Kemet. When Osirion was under Keleshite rule, the foreign overlords sought to eradicate the faith of the indigenous gods, but they remained a part of the history of Osirion's land and people. After the restoration of native Osirian rule in 4609 AR, interest in these ancient divinities was rekindled.

Disappearance

According to Amenopheus, after the death of Gorum in 4724 AR, Nethys and Thoth battled over a source of power in the Inner Sea north of Sothis. Nethys emerged as the victor and cast Thoth away from Golarion. A whirlpool appeared at the site of the battle, and a coven of the hag goddesses Gyronna, Mestama, and Alazhra entered it to begin performing a ritual of unknown purpose. This spurred the Osirian deities Ra, Horus, Anubis, Osiris, Maat, and Isis to rise in opposition of them, but the old gods of Osirion were unable to disrupt the ritual. However, Gyronna briefly stuttered while reciting the ritual, an error that offered enough of a chance for the Osirian deities to intervene. All nine deities vanished in a flash, their fates unknown.

Appearance

Horus appeared as a falcon-headed man wearing a pschent crown, and was also represented as a great falcon.

Relationships

A family tree of the Osirian pantheon.

Horus was the posthumous son of Osiris and Isis. He was protected in his mother's womb by Selket and raised by his aunt Nephthys. Horus became his father's rightful heir by defeating the usurper Set, whom he fought countless times over the ages; Neith often served as a mediator between them. He aided Ra, a fellow god of the sun and kings, in his daily battles against Apep. Wadjet supported him as the patron of kings, and he also worked closely with Khepri. Hathor was Horus' consort.

Horus' church had good relations with that of Abadar, due to both deities' support for leadership and law.

Worshippers

Horus was worshipped by pharaohs, hunters, paladins, and rangers. He was worshipped either alone, as a half of a royal couple with Hathor, or as part of a triad with his parents. His religious symbol, the eye of Horus, commonly appears on protective amulets and trinkets to ward off evil.

After Horus' disappearance, prayers to him and the rest of the old gods of Osirion went unanswered.

External links

• Horus (real-world deity) on Wikipedia