Horusn.
/ˈhɔːrəs/, U.S. /ˈhɔrəs/ The name of an Egyptian deity, represented in art as having the head of a hawk, used attributively to designate an image of this deity.
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1851 W. S. W. Vaux Handbk. Antiq. B.M. 355 The Venus of the Egyptians was called Athor, Hathor, or Athyr, and her name implied the abode of Horus.
1875 Encycl. Brit. VII. 715/2 Hathor is associated with Horus, but her genealogical place is not clear.
1923 Glasgow Herald 13 Feb. 8 The horus birds.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (N.Y. ed.) 169 The golden Great and glistening-feathered legs of the hawk of Horus.
1972 Times 18 May (Egypt Suppl.) p. iv/3 The falcon was sacred to Horus, the sky god who bore the sun on his head.
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