Due to the numerous myths about
Horus
, some of which may contradict the others , he appears in the wall paintings of the temples in several forms . There are about 15 different forms of Horus and each one represents him in a certain phase of his life or in a certain area in Egypt . Of special interest of these forms are: Horus the Younger , Horus the Elder , Horus the Child , and Ra-Herakhty .
Horus the Child was presented as a child wearing the side-lock of a youth and putting his finger in his mouth . Other paintings portray him doing heroic actions such as fighting the crocodiles and scepters as a symbol for holding power .
Horus is described in the Coffin Texts as the son of
Isis
and
Osiris
and it is mentioned that he was associated with
Ra
as Ra-Herakhty and became the chief god whose power surpassed the one of Ra himself because of the support of his mother .
In the Book of the Gates , Horus was presented as the creator of the black people who were living the land that lies beyond the fertile Black Land on the shores of the Nile and he was responsible for protecting those people in their after
life . He was also regarded as the god of the dead because he was some times taking the place of his father in the court of the underworld . Horus was in charge of certain tasks in the underworld exactly like
Anubis
and
Thuth
such as holding the hands of the newly dead souls in the first trial before standing in the court of Osiris , like what he did with his father in his journey of revival . He is depicted some times opening the mouth of the dead person to explain that he was responsible for presenting the souls that passed the trial to Osiris the Chief god of the underworld . Horus was also regarded as the protector of the king since the Heliopolitan mythology indicates that the king amalgamates with Horus during his life time and this gives him the power of a god in his first life , and when the king dies he takes the shape of Osiris .
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