Anhur meaning "He Who Brings the Distant One," or "he who leads that which has gone away," and was an ancient god of war and hunting whose origin is This in Upper Egypt, near Abydos. He was depicted in bearded, human form and carrying four feathers on his head, a spear or sometimes a lance lifted high in one or both hands. In myth, he brings back the eye of the sun, in this case his consort Mekhit (Mehit (See Hat-Mehit).
On lower section of ESNE Plate 87 between Capricornus and Sagittarius is a figure which probably represents Hercules (and looks very much like Anhur) who is holding the spear which is Sagitta.
As a warrior he had the creative power of the sun and had a chariot, giving him a connection to Phaethon.
In the Late Period his cult was at Sebennytus (Sebennytos, modern Sammaud), where a temple was constructed for Anhur-Shu by Nectanebo II (360-343 B.C.). As a sky god he was associated or even equalled to Shu, due to the tall feathers on top of his head, and also where he brought back his consort Tefnut from Nubia.
