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The nineteenth-century British poet and author [[Gerald Massey]] claimed that Jesus and Horus shared identical mythological origins. Massey's writings influenced various later authors such as [[Alvin Boyd Kuhn]], [[Tom Harpur]], and [[Acharya S]].
The nineteenth-century British poet and author [[Gerald Massey]] claimed that Jesus and Horus shared identical mythological origins. Massey's writings influenced various later authors such as [[Alvin Boyd Kuhn]], [[Tom Harpur]], and [[Acharya S]].


Although recognizing some similarities between the narratives attributed to Jesus and [[Horus]], critical scholarship dismisses any variant of the [[Jesus Myth Theory]] aimed to establish a direct connection between Horus and Jesus. The cult of [[Horus]] however heavily influenced the worship and iconography of the Church.
Although recognizing some similarities between the narratives attributed to Jesus and [[Horus]], critical scholarship dismisses any variant of the [[Jesus Myth Theory]] aimed to establish a direct connection between Horus and Jesus. The cult of [[Horus]] however heavily influenced the worship and iconography of the Church. In particular, the cult of Isis directly inspired the Christian representations of the [[Madonna and Child]].


==Images for Horus==
==Images for Horus==

Revision as of 07:01, 5 September 2014

Mother and Child (Isis and Horus)
Mother and Child (Isis and Horus)
Madonna and Child (Maestro del Papagayo, 1540)


Horus is an Egyptian god, the son of Isis and Osiris.

Horus and Jesus

The nineteenth-century British poet and author Gerald Massey claimed that Jesus and Horus shared identical mythological origins. Massey's writings influenced various later authors such as Alvin Boyd Kuhn, Tom Harpur, and Acharya S.

Although recognizing some similarities between the narratives attributed to Jesus and Horus, critical scholarship dismisses any variant of the Jesus Myth Theory aimed to establish a direct connection between Horus and Jesus. The cult of Horus however heavily influenced the worship and iconography of the Church. In particular, the cult of Isis directly inspired the Christian representations of the Madonna and Child.

Images for Horus

Isis lactans

Isis Lactans (Rome: Museo Pio Clementino)

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