Hormerty

Hormerty is a deity in Egyptian mythology, whose Egyptian name, Hor-Merty means "Horus of the two eyes." It is one of the forms of the godHorus .

This Horus worshiped in the eastern Nile Delta, is a form of Haroeris revered Farboctos. Its epithet "Horus of the two eyes," put him in touch with the Cosmic Horus. This is a warrior deity who fight against the snakeApophis, at the front of the boat of Ra , and against Seth . This is an integrated god both the solar cycle in Osiris cycle  ; in both cases it is a very active deity, a protector and defender of Osiris and Ra.

His left eye is the moon and the right, the sun. Legend has it that Seth had torn the left eye of Horus in a terrible fight. This is Thoth that would have made ​​him the form of a crescent moon.

Another interpretation of the myth gives his left eye like a crescent moon and the right eye as the full moon.

It is depicted as a falcon or a man with a falcon head. Often, making the offering of both eyes (the Sun and the Moon), holding in hand.

He was worshiped Farboctos. Farboctos was sometimes called Hor Per-Marty, that is to say, "the house of Hor Marty."

Other deities are, along Horus, the title of Merity . As Osiris, Ra or Amun.