The Egyptian God Horus

Ring-ID: 1,8 mm

WD: ~ 0,5 mm

Size: ca. 8 cm x 8,5 cm

Wire: lacquered copper and iron wire

Weave: E 4 in1

Ringcount: 3000 (60 rows à 50 rings)

 
Curriculum vitae of Horus:

Born on the 25th December (at the winter equinox). It was a virgin birth, because his father Osiris was already dead when his mother Isis
got pregnant by the spirit of Osiris. His birth was accompanied by a star in the east and three kings were following this star. When he was
twelve years old he was a teacher. Anubis baptized him at the age of 30. Horus had 12 disciples with whom he traveled. He also
performed wonders. He was betrayed and crucified. He was dead for three days an then he came back to life.

Sounds familiar? - No wonder. A lot of persons in mythology/religion had the same fate or partially the same fate. For example Attis
(Greece, 1200 BC), Mithra (Persia, 1200 BC), Krishna (India, 900 BC) or Dionysos (Greece, 500 BC). The newest version of this fairy
tale can be found in the christian mythology in the New Testament.


Some people could argue that christianity is a religion and NOT a mythology. But with this argument several entries of this contest have to
be removed - Kali's charmbracelet and Thor's hammer.

Kali is the Hindu goddess of death an destruction. Hinduism is the third biggest religion on this planet.

Thor's Hammer - Mjöllnir - is part of the nordic mythology and therefore a part of the germanic neopaganism - and therefore part of a religion.

It depends on your personal point of view, if you call a collection of stories mythology or religion. If you belileve in the stories - then it is a
religion. If you do not believe in them - then it is a mythology.