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* The silver cane Horus carries is in the symbol of an Ankh, which was used in Egyptian art and writing to represent "life" by extension becoming the symbol of life itself. This is referenced by the sacred artifact being able to grant life or childhood. | * The silver cane Horus carries is in the symbol of an Ankh, which was used in Egyptian art and writing to represent "life" by extension becoming the symbol of life itself. This is referenced by the sacred artifact being able to grant life or childhood. | ||
* Horus' second sacred artifact is the coffin that contains the pillar of djed. In Egyptian Myth, Set tricked Osiris into a coffin that fit exactly him and was killed, the coffin was then flung into the river Nile and washed up in Lebanon. As it reached land, a sacred grew around the coffin enclosing it in the trunk of the tree. Intrigued by the rapid growth of the tree, the king of the land ordered the tree to be cut and made into a pillar in his palace. When Isis found it, she quickly acquired it from the king and extracted Osiris' body, she then made the pillar a sacred item named the pillar of djed. | * Horus' second sacred artifact is the coffin that contains the pillar of djed. In Egyptian Myth, Set tricked Osiris into a coffin that fit exactly him and was killed, the coffin was then flung into the river Nile and washed up in Lebanon. As it reached land, a sacred grew around the coffin enclosing it in the trunk of the tree. Intrigued by the rapid growth of the tree, the king of the land ordered the tree to be cut and made into a pillar in his palace. When Isis found it, she quickly acquired it from the king and extracted Osiris' body, she then made the pillar a sacred item named the pillar of djed. | ||
* Horus having a penchant of feeding those he loves with lettuce is a reference to how he won against Set in one challenge in the Contendings of Horus and Seth. After tricking Set into thinking he had dominated Horus. Horus spread his ejaculate on lettuce and fed it to Set. When the other gods were judging who won the argument of | * Horus having a penchant of feeding those he loves with lettuce is a reference to how he won against Set in one challenge in the Contendings of Horus and Seth. After tricking Set into thinking he had dominated Horus. Horus spread his ejaculate on lettuce and fed it to Set. When the other gods were judging who won the argument of the right to rule Egypt, Horus won this challenge. | ||
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