Horus
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Horus is a major ancient Egyptian sky and kingship god, often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man and closely associated with divine rulership and protection.
All labels observed (26)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horus canonical | 83 |
| Horus the Elder | 12 |
| Harpocrates | 6 |
| Horus of Edfu | 6 |
| Horus falcon | 3 |
| Horus the Younger | 3 |
| Horus-king | 2 |
| Re-Horakhty | 2 |
| Harmachis (Horus-in-the-Horizon) | 1 |
| Heru (Horus) | 1 |
| Horus Den | 1 |
| Horus Netjerikhet | 1 |
| Horus as sky falcon | 1 |
| Horus as solar falcon | 1 |
| Horus is declared rightful king of Egypt | 1 |
| Horus name Netjerikhet | 1 |
| Horus of Behdet | 1 |
| Horus of Nekhen | 1 |
| Horus the Behdetite | 1 |
| Horus the Child | 1 |
| Horus the Great | 1 |
| Horus-king (probable) | 1 |
| Ra-Horakhty | 1 |
| Wedjat | 1 |
| falcon god Horus | 1 |
| god Ra-Horakhty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T448951 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horus Context triple: [Isis, hasChild, Horus]
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A.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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B.
Osiris
Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility, often depicted as a mummified king and central to Egyptian funerary religion.
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C.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
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D.
Ptah
Ptah is an important ancient Egyptian creator god and patron of craftsmen and architects, especially revered as the chief deity of Memphis.
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E.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horus Target entity description: Horus is a major ancient Egyptian sky and kingship god, often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man and closely associated with divine rulership and protection.
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A.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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B.
Osiris
Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility, often depicted as a mummified king and central to Egyptian funerary religion.
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C.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
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D.
Ptah
Ptah is an important ancient Egyptian creator god and patron of craftsmen and architects, especially revered as the chief deity of Memphis.
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E.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian deity
ⓘ
kingship god ⓘ sky god ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
divine rulership
ⓘ
kingship ⓘ protection ⓘ sky ⓘ |
| child |
Horus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpocrates
|
| cosmicRole |
associated with the moon
ⓘ
associated with the sun ⓘ god of the sky ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Egyptian religion
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Egyptian religion
|
| depictedAs |
falcon
ⓘ
falcon‑headed man ⓘ |
| eyeAspect |
Eye of Horus
ⓘ
Eye of Horus ⓘ
surface form:
Wedjat eye
|
| eyeAssociation |
symbol of good health
ⓘ
symbol of protection ⓘ symbol of royal power ⓘ |
| gender | male deity ⓘ |
| hasForm |
Horus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpocrates
Horus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Horus of Nekhen
Horus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Horus the Elder
Horus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Horus the Younger
|
| linkedTo | pharaoh as living Horus ⓘ |
| mythRole |
avenger of his father Osiris
ⓘ
protector of the pharaoh ⓘ rightful heir to the throne of Egypt ⓘ rival of Set ⓘ |
| parent |
Isis
ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ |
| relative | Set ⓘ |
| relativeType | nephew of Set ⓘ |
| spouseOrConsort |
Hathor
ⓘ
Isis ⓘ |
| symbol |
Eye of Ra
ⓘ
surface form:
Eye of Horus
double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ falcon ⓘ winged sun disk ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
worshipped from Predynastic Egypt
ⓘ
worshipped throughout Pharaonic period ⓘ |
| title |
Horus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Horus the Elder
Horus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Horus the Great
Horus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Horus the Younger
Lord of the Sky ⓘ Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Behdet
ⓘ
Edfu ⓘ Hierakonpolis ⓘ
surface form:
Nekhen
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Horus Description of subject: Horus is a major ancient Egyptian sky and kingship god, often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man and closely associated with divine rulership and protection.
Referenced by (135)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ra-Horakhty
this entity surface form:
Re-Horakhty
this entity surface form:
Re-Horakhty
this entity surface form:
god Ra-Horakhty
this entity surface form:
Horus the Child
this entity surface form:
Horus-king
this entity surface form:
Horus name Netjerikhet
this entity surface form:
Harmachis (Horus-in-the-Horizon)
this entity surface form:
Horus the Elder
this entity surface form:
Horus the Younger
this entity surface form:
Harpocrates
this entity surface form:
Horus of Edfu