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ava-does-dumbassery · 1 year

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My favourite epithet/title that refers to both Horus and Set together is 𓂋𓎛𓅱𓏭𓀭𓀭 (rḥwy), because it means either "the Two Male Companions" (The Two Female Companions are Isis and Nephthys) or "The Two Combatants."

I like it because captures the "those two guys who are always next to each other" energy. Are they enemies? They were in the past and they probably will be again in the future. Are they friends right now? Unclear. But they sure are always next to each other.

#egyptian mythology #horus #set #heru #sutekh #In the ptolemiac and late period it becomes a lot more definitively 'they are enemies and always will be'#but the Pyramid Texts are really interesting on this front because they put a focus on kingship as well as other aspects of the Osiris myth #and it has way more of a 'they were enemies and it is unclear what they are now' thing going on #depending on the spell the vibe is anywhere between them being them being actual friends now #or them being coworkers who barely tolerate each other #ava has thoughts #ancient egypt stuff

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