Kosu Myth of Horus And Seth
(Credit to its owner)
Yesterday I promised to make a post featuring Osiris (Lord of the Dead), the first pharaoh on Earth, as well as his hawk-headed son, Horus (God of Sky). So here you go:
The Conflict of Osiris and Seth
Long story short, Osiris was a good king that introduced Egyptians civilization. He was also happily married with his sister, Isis (Goddess of Motherhood, Magic and Fertility).
His donkey-headed brother, Seth (God of Darkness, Chaos and Desert) was jealous on him so he murdered and dismembered him, even disposed his body parts in different regions of Eygpt.
Evetually, his corpse -- excluding his penis which was eaten by fish -- was reassembled by Isis. Thus, their son, Horus was conceived.
The Condenting of Horus and Seth
Naturally, Seth wanted to kill the heir in order to rule Egypt, and this is the beginning of their contending.
As famous as this ancient Egyptian tale is, I did not know that the conflict between the uncle and the nephew was such hysterical...ly hilarious.
The following is one of the versions of the story which dated in c. 2000 B.C., from the 12th Dynasty in the Middle Kingdom:
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
The divine person of Seth said to the divine person of Horus: ‘How beautiful are your buttocks, how vital! […] Stretch out your legs …’
And the Person of Horus said: ‘Watch out; I shall tell [this]!’”
Then he ran and told his mother Isis, that Seth desired to sodomize him.
“And she said to him: ‘Beware! Do not approach him about it!
When he mentions it to you another time, then you shall say to him: “It is too painful for me entirely, as you are heavier than me.
My strength [backside] shall not support your strength [erection]…”’
Then when he gives you his strength, place your fingers between your buttocks. …
Lo, he will enjoy it exceedingly.
[Keep] this seed which has come forth … without letting the sun see it…
Later, Isis threw Seth’s semen into a nearby stream, then spread some of Horus’ semen on lettuce which was Seth’s favorite vegetable and gave it to Seth to eat.
Later, when Seth boasted to the Ennead (the nine gods judging the conflict) that he had sexually taken Horus, the youth denied it.
To settle the argument, the gods called forth the seed of both.
The seed of Seth answered from the water into which Isis had thrown it, while the seed of Horus came forth from Seth’s forehead in the form of a golden disk, which was grabbed by the moon god Thoth to become his symbol.
Seth said to Horus: ‘Come let us spend a pleasant hour at my house.’
Horus answered, ‘With pleasure, with pleasure.’
When it was evening a bed was spread for them and they lay down.
During the night Seth made his penis stiff and he placed it between the loins of Horus.
Horus put his hands between his loins and caught the sperm of Seth.
Then Horus went to his mother, Isis [and said]: ‘Help me…! Come, see what Seth has done to me.’
And he opened his hand and let her see Seth’s semen.
With a scream she took her weapon and cut off his hand and threw it in the water, and conjured up for him a hand to make up for it.
Then Isis helped Horus ejaculate and smeared his sperm over some lettuce, which she then gave to him to eat.
Later, when Seth boasted to the gods that he had done the “work of a male [warrior]” on Horus, the gods “screamed aloud, and belched and spat in Horus’ face.”
Geb (God of Earth) divided Egypt into two halves, giving Upper Egypt (the desert south) to Set and Lower Egypt (the region of the delta in the north) to Horus, in order to end their feud.
The Happy Ending
Later, it is believed that in Upper Egypt, a Horus-worshiping group subjugated a Set-worshiping group.
When Upper Egypt conquered Lower Egypt, the two lands were united.
Set and Horus were often shown together crowning the new pharaohs, as a symbol of their power over both Lower and Upper Egypt.
Eventually the dual-god Horus-Set appeared, combining features of both deities.
The myth of the conflict between Set and Horus is interpreted as an analogy for the struggle between Set's desert and Horus's fertilizing floods of the Nile.
Osiris and Orion Conrrelation Theory
Ancient Eygptians knew the constellation Orion as Osiris.
As for Osiris, he became the God of Afterlife and Underworld due to his experience.
Death pharoahs were associated with Osiris as Eygptians believed that they would be rised from death just like Osiris did.
Therefore, it is possible that Eygptians correlated the pyramids with the constellation Orion.
There are four strange and small shafts (20 x 20 cm wide) in the Great Pyramid.
Both upper chambers have two of them, one going south and one north.
The shafts of the upper King's chamber were each open at both ends, the shafts of the lower Queen's chamber were each closed at both ends.
The soul could travel through the northern shaft to the imperishable stars which never set in the North.
The southern shaft of the King's chamber points to Orion. The shaft pointed exactly to the star the Great Pyramid represents in Orion's belt.
The Northern shaft had actually aimed at the Star Kocab - a star associated by the ancients with the immortality of the soul.
The southern shaft of the Queen's Chamber pointed at the brightest star in the sky, Sirius in constellation Canis Major, which was associated by the ancients with the cosmic mother of the kings of Egypt.
Credit to
Homosexuality in Ancient Eygpt by Bruce Gergi for description of the contending of Horus and Seth.