Volume III Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Egypt

From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved "Volume III - Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Egypt"

HARPOCRATES
(Heru-Pa-Khret, Harpakhrad)

To return to the
Denderah Decan 29 - Grand Temple Decan 28 (Deity),
Hat-Mehit (mother of),
Heru (three names of Horus),
Denderah Serpent Crypts (as comparison to Harsomtu),
or List of Netjeru.

    Harpocrates also Hor-Sa-Iset (Harsiesis) "Horus, son of Isis," associated with falcon worship near Buto.    "Horus the child," was the son of Isis and Osiris, as the god of secrecy.    Also called Heru-Pa-Khret (Harpakhrad, Harpocrates).
    Other sources claim that BaNebDjedet and Hat-Mehit were the parents of Harpocrates forming the Mendesian triad.
    As seen on Denderah Decan 29 - Grand Temple Decan 28 its deity is called Hor, Hor-pa-kraat (Horus the Child) - Heru, Hoor-par-kraat, was the son of Isis and Osiris, and seen as a young boy with a child’s sidelock of hair, sucking his finger.    His silence developed the common "shhh" gesture.
    "The Greco-Romans called him Harpocrates (god of silence), meaning ‘justice’ or the ‘Victim of Justice,’ ‘Vindication of Majestic Law,’ or the quiet submission.    This has great significance and a connection with Libra as the coming of Justice as the opposite of Aries."    Denderah Decan 29 and the Grand Temple Decan 28 shows Horus as a young child, with his finger over his mouth, signaling silence.

    Denderah Decan 29 seen below the feet of Cetus is a young male figure sitting with knees up on a lotus flower, in his right hand is a flail laying over his right shoulder and his left hand has his finger to his mouth.    In front of the lotus flower are two stars aligned vertically.    Also above his head are two stars aligned vertically, but these may be part of the hieroglyphics.
    Also see the reference to Nefertum (Nefer-Tem, Nefertem) who emerged as a beautiful child, sitting on a lotus which floated on the waters of Nun at the time of the creation.
    According to Alvin Boyd Kuhn, who refers this to Horus at the vernal equinox.    Denderah Decan 29 shows Harpocrates, i.e. Horus as a young child, and Mr. Kuhn refers to the two figures above his head, near Aries (See Triangulum i.e. Cassiopeia - Adept and Bastet as seen in Cetus).

Grand Temple Decan 28 is a young male figure wearing a sun disk crown, with three stars above it, and is sitting with knees up on a lotus flower, in his right hand may be a serpent and his left hand has his finger to his mouth.
Also see Grand Temple Decan 2 and 27 as seen below.

Also see the fifth figure from the bottom right hand corner of the upper section of ESNE Plate 87 for a similar figure to that seen above on Grand Temple Decan 28, both are specified under Aries.

This file was created on June 18, 2005, and updated on September 19, 2007.

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