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'''Horus''' is an Egyptian god, the son of Isis and Osiris.
*DICTIONARY: see [[Horus]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Horus (sources)]]


==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]].
'''List of scholarly and fictional works on [[Horus]] (in chronological order).'''


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.
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==Images for Horus==
 
[http://wysinger.homestead.com/files/isis9.jpg Isis lactans]
 
[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Musee_Pio_Clementino-Isis_lactans.jpg Isis Lactans] (Rome: Museo Pio Clementino)
*See [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OvIEftacelk/S2HiZpldLFI/AAAAAAAAAuI/RdLDQGwLEhc/s400/cherries.jpg Virgin and Child] (Maestro del Papagayo, 1540)
 
==External links==
 
 
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Revision as of 04:47, 21 October 2011


List of scholarly and fictional works on Horus (in chronological order).