Hor-ka-pet
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| Gr.-röm. Zeit | Hor-ka-pet Ḥr-k3-pt Horus, der Himmelsstier | ||||||
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Hor-ka-pet ist ein weiterer altägyptischer Name der Gottheit Horus. In der altägyptischen Mythologie und altägyptischen Astronomie bezeichnete Hor-ka-pet als Himmelsstier den Planeten Saturn.
Hintergrund
Im Planetenkapitel des Nutbuches wird in den Zeilen 153 bis 159 über einen kosmischen Streit zwischen Horus und Seth bei Sonnenuntergang berichtet, der schließlich durch die Vermittlung von Thot beigelegt werden kann.[1]
Die weiteren himmlischen „Gefolgsleute des Seth“ sind wie auch Seth im westlichen Himmel verortet. Da sich Horus gleichfalls im Westen befindet und der Planet Saturn auch Stern des Westens genannt wurde, konnte er der Gottheit Horus zugeordnet werden.
Siehe auch
Literatur
- Christian Leitz u. a.: LGG, Bd. 5. Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1150-6, S. 293.
- Alexandra von Lieven: Grundriss des Laufes der Sterne – Das sogenannte Nutbuch. The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies (u. a.), Kopenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-635-0406-5.
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Alexandra von Lieven: Grundriss des Laufes der Sterne. S. 199–200.
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