Who is Horus?

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[dracodistortion]

food fow thought: Thoth was associated with the ibis, Hermes was associated with Hawks, Athena was associated with Owls and Odin was associated with ravens. Birds seem to be linked to wisdom in many faiths

[JMRolf]

The combination of both depth and breadth of topics you cover is astounding, especially for a freely available platform like YouTube. Thanks for making these Andrew.

[dryproblem]

Time zones has me getting religion for breakfast at midnight

[Rynewulf]

Or better yet: *how* is Horus? He doing ok?

[hugobernard]

Was watching a bunch of Warhammer videos and got confused on why you started doing some too. Then I remembered Horus was also an Egyptian god...

[heidetermeg]

Love that you started with the Edfu temple. I've been there, and holy mother of God - that place is just INSANE. I'd go back to Egypt in a heartbeat, if I could.

You don't see craftsmanship, with such precision, at those scales anywhere near your metropolitan areas. Egypt is a treasure trove. I still keep those small admittance cards I got when I visited the temples there, nearly 20 years ago. What a place.

[mechailreydon]

Just want to appreciate how good that footage from Egypt is

[snorlax]

This was most interesting! I’d love to see you take on Akhenaten and his attempt to convert Egypt to his monotheistic beliefs. I’ve always found that subject most interesting.

[SheolAbaddonus]

He was the Primarch of the XVIth legion known as the Luna Wolves - later Sons of Horus. He fell to chaos and became disillusioned with both the Imperium and the Emperor himself, leading him to start the eponymously named "Horus Heresy" in which 9 former loyalist legions including Horus' own betrayed the Emperor and attempted to wipe out all Loyalist Legions so they could Seize Terra, neé Earth. The Betrayal failed as soon as Horus was slain by the Emperor of Mankind himself in a duel, leading to the forced Exodus of the traitors to the Eye of Terror; a realm where the Warp and Real space intertwine.

[elbraymundo]

Absolutely wasn't ready for the Lion King analogy. Even less so for the perfect mythology memeage. 10/10 well done.

[Gidister]

This gives so much context for the game Predynastic Egypt, which I love.

[kitcutting]

I've been into Egyptian mythology since elementary school, and I like to look at the centerpiece of its teachings as a precursor to the Christian trinity, centered around the gods Amun-Ra (the Creator), Thoth (the Preserver), and Osiris (the King of the Dead.) I'm also aware of the similar Hindu analogy (with Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva as their respective counterparts.)

And there's also another trinity of Egyptian gods, symbolizing the in-between transitions among birth, life, and death: Horus (to give humans the breath of life), Seth (to grant humans the will to live and conquer in order to die), and Anubis (the one who leads humans into a new life after death.)

Depending on the cult, I can see Amun-Ra being swapped out for Re-Horakhty, and Horus being swapped out for Ptah. There's still so much we don't know about ancient Egyptian religion, and it's fun to speculate on what could have been based off of what archeologists have already uncovered.

[oldmanh]

I enjoyed your presentation I found it direct and informative. I’ve been to Egypt, and I’ve been inside the great pyramid of Khufu ;I’ve also stood atop Khsfre, that was in the late 50’s. Again an excellent presentation and I hope you do this with the other Egyptian gods.( Took lots of notes).

[Xylospring]

Any plans on doing Ancient Assyrian Gods?

[NephRainbows]

The boat parade strongly reminds me of the Greek Orthodox epitafios. Every Good Friday evening, your local church brings out an effigy of the body of Jesus, adorned with flowers, and the priests sing as it is being paraded around the neighbourhood, stopping now and again so the faithful can kiss and be blessed by the effigy.

[gorillalifeperry]

I had a dream of Horus. He was a hologram, and there was a huge opening in the ground like a earthquake. Smoke and fire everywhere. He was walking back and forth thru the smoke coming out of the ground, screeching and raising his wings

[RetroGameStream]

I love how you approach your topics. One's religious preference need not be considered, it's all about the info without any seeming bias or persuasion on show from the presenter. It's well done without any flashy fluff padding. Huge fan here and I always recommend your videos when discussing religious subjects. Thanks!

[EmmanuelMarin]

*"Why is Horus?"*

- Drax, probably

[sarcasticsaiset]

This is so cool! I'd love to see more videos on ancient religions! The goddess Isis in particular seems really cool since she was so widely worshipped.

[solderbuff]

Ancient Egypt is just the coolest ancient civilization of all times! Etruscans, Babylonians, Ancient Greeks and Ancient China are cool too, but Egypt is the definitive one for me.