Contendings of Horus and Set

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ancient Egyptian mythological narrative literary work mythological text religious narrative

Contendings of Horus and Set is an ancient Egyptian mythological narrative that recounts the prolonged legal and physical struggle between the gods Horus and Set for the throne of Egypt following the death of Osiris.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Contendings of Horus and Set canonical 2
The Contendings of Horus and Seth 2
Horus myth 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian mythological narrative ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
mythological text ⓘ
religious narrative ⓘ
approximateDate late New Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithConcept divine court ⓘ
Ṛta ⓘ
surface form: maat (cosmic order)

pharaonic kingship ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Re ⓘ
centralConflict Horus vs Set ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
featuresEvent deliberations of the Ennead about the rightful king ⓘ
interventions of Isis in the trial ⓘ
legal tribunal of the gods ⓘ
mutilation and restoration of Horus’s eyes ⓘ
physical contests between Horus and Set ⓘ
sexual humiliation episode involving Horus and Set ⓘ
function didactic illustration of legal procedure among the gods ⓘ
legitimization of Horus as model for the pharaoh ⓘ
genre divine legal drama ⓘ
myth ⓘ
hasTitle Contendings of Horus and Set self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Contendings of Horus and Set

Contendings of Horus and Set self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Contendings of Horus and Seth
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
mainCharacters Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
surface form: Ennead of the gods

Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Re ⓘ
Set ⓘ
narrativeFocus struggle for the throne of Egypt ⓘ
succession dispute after the death of Osiris ⓘ
outcome Horus ⓘ
surface form: Horus is declared rightful king of Egypt
period New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
portraysDeity Horus as legitimate heir of Osiris ⓘ
Set as rival claimant to the throne ⓘ
preservedOn Chester Beatty Papyri ⓘ
surface form: Papyrus Chester Beatty I
relatedMythCycle Contendings of Horus and Set self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Horus myth

Osiris myth ⓘ
religiousTradition ancient Egyptian mythology ⓘ
repository British Museum ⓘ
setting divine tribunal of the gods ⓘ
mythic Egypt ⓘ
theme inheritance and succession ⓘ
justice and legal process ⓘ
kingship legitimacy ⓘ
order versus chaos ⓘ
writingSystem hieratic ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Set → linkedMythCycle → Contendings of Horus and Set ⓘ
Late Egyptian → documentedIn → Contendings of Horus and Set ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Contendings of Horus and Seth
murder of Osiris → relatedWork → Contendings of Horus and Set ⓘ
Contendings of Horus and Set → hasTitle → Contendings of Horus and Set self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Contendings of Horus and Set → hasTitle → Contendings of Horus and Set self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Contendings of Horus and Set
Contendings of Horus and Set → relatedMythCycle → Contendings of Horus and Set self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horus myth
Edfu → hasReliefSubject → Contendings of Horus and Set ⓘ
this entity surface form: myth of Horus and Seth