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HORUS
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Pronounced: HOR-əs (English) [key]
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Greek form of Egyptian Heru which is of unknown meaning. In Egyptian mythology Horus was the god of light, often depicted as a man with the head of a falcon. The son Osiris and Isis, he avenged his father's murder by killing Seth. |
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