What is "horus"

1851, Egyptian hawk-headed god, from Latin Horus, from Egyptian Hor, literally "the high-flying one."

Horus is one of the most significant deities in ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egypt specialists. These various forms may possibly be different perceptions of the same multi-layered deity in which certain attributes or syncretic relationships are emphasized, not necessarily in opposition but complementary to one another, consistent with how the Ancient Egyptians viewed the multiple facets of reality. He was most often depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner or peregrine, or as a man with a falcon head.

The earliest recorded form of Horus is the patron deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt, who is the first known national god, specifically related to the king who in time came to be regarded as a manifestation of Horus in life and Osiris in death. The most commonly encountered family relationship describes Horus as the son of Isis and Osiris, and he plays a key role in the Osiris myth as Osiris's heir and the rival to Set, the murderer of Osiris. In another tradition Hathor is regarded as his mother and sometimes as his wife. Horus served many functions in the Egyptian pantheon, most notably being a god of the sky, war and hunting.

Horus is a god of the ancient Egyptian religion.

Horus may also refer to:

• Horus (genus), a pseudoscorpion genus in the family Olpiidae
• Horus (athlete) (fl. 4th century), an Olympic boxer and Cynic philosopher from Late Roman Egypt
• Horus (community), a New Age community located in France, also known as the International Center of Parapsychology and Scientific Research of the New Age
• AMD Horus, a computer bus
• Horus Heresy (fictional event), a fictional event in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
• Eye of Horus, an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection
• Heru-ur (Stargate), a fictional villain in the Stargate SG-1 universe
• Horus (wrestler), the ring name of a Mexican professional wrestler.

Horus (fl. 4th century) was a Cynic philosopher and Olympic boxer who was victorious at the Olympic games in Antioch in 364 AD.

He was born in Egypt, son of one Valens; Horus was originally a student of rhetoric and an athlete and was a victor at the Ancient Olympic Games in Antioch in 364, probably as a boxer. Horus was also commended in that year, together with his brother Phanes, to Maximus praefectus Aegypti, and Eutocius. He later turned to Cynic philosophy.

Horus appears as an interlocutor in Macrobius's Saturnalia, (dramatic date 384) and as a friend of Symmachus who commended him to Nicomachus Flavianus.

Horus is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Olpiidae, containing the following species:

• Horus asper Beier, 1947
• Horus brevipes Beier, 1964
• Horus difficilis Vachon, 1941
• Horus gracilis Beier, 1958
• Horus granulatus (Ellingsen, 1912)
• Horus modestus Chamberlin, 1930
• Horus montanus Beier, 1955
• Horus obscurus (Tullgren, 1907)
• Horus transvaalensis Beier, 1964
• Horus zonatus Beier, 1964

Moisés Neftalí Vargas (born November 28, 1982 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, better known under the ring name Horus, sometimes spelled Höruz. He is currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico ("good guy") wrestling character. Horus originally worked under a mask, but was unmasked after losing a match in November 2013.