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=== Heru-ur (Horus the Elder) ===
{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Heru-ur
| image = Haroeris.svg
| hiero = <hiero>G5-wr:r</hiero>
| cult_center = [[Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]], [[Giza]]
| symbol = falcon, falcon-headed man, [[Hieracosphinx]]
| parents = [[Geb]] and [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]], or [[Ra]] and [[Heqet]] (in [[Kom Ombo]])
| siblings = [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Set (deity)|Set]], and [[Nephthys]], or Tasenetnofret (in [[Kom Ombo]])
| consort = [[Serket]], [[Hathor]], Tasenetnofret (in [[Kom Ombo]])
| offspring = [[Imsety]], [[Four sons of Horus|Hapy]], [[Duamutef]], [[Qebehsenuef]], or Panebtawy (in [[Kom Ombo]])
| image_upright = 1
}}<!-- This section is linked from the redirect Horus the Elder -->
'''Heru-[[Swallow (hieroglyph)|ur]]''', also known as '''Heru-wer''', '''Haroeris''', '''Horus the Great''', and '''Horus the Elder''', was the mature representation of the god Horus.<ref>Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p. 200</ref> This manifestation of Horus was especially worshipped at [[Letopolis]] in Lower Egypt. The Greeks identified him with the Greek god [[Apollo]].<ref name=":1" />

His titles include: 'foremost of the two eyes', 'great god', 'lord of Ombos', 'possessor of the ijt-knife, who resides in Letopolis', 'Shu, son of Ra', 'Horus, strong of arm', 'great of power' and 'lord of the slaughter in the entire land'.<ref> Minas-Nerpel, Martina (2017). ''Offering the ij.t-knife to in the Temple of Isis at Shanhur''. In: Illuminating Osiris. Egyptological Studies in Honor of Mark Smith (Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt 2). Lockwood Press, Atlanta, 2017, p.264 </ref> 'Foremost of the two eyes' was a common epithet which was referring to the two eyes of the sky god. The two eyes represent the sun and the moon, as well as the Wadjet-eye, and played an important role in the cult of Heru-ur. His cult center was originally Letopolis; later he was also worshipped in Kom Ombo and Qus.<ref> Minas-Nerpel (2017), p.266</ref> In Kom Ombo, he was worshipped as the son of Ra and [[Heqet]],<ref> Minas-Nerpel (2017), p.275</ref> the husband of his sister-wife Tasenetnofret and father of the child god Panebtawy.<ref>Abdelhalim, Ali. (2019). ''Notes on the Bandeau-Texts of Columns of Kom Ombo Temple''. Bulletin of the Center Papyrological Studies, p.298</ref> 

In his Moralia, the Greek philosopher [[Plutarch]] mentions three additional parentage traditions that supposedly existed for Heru-ur during the Ptolemaic period. According to Plutarch's account, Heru-ur was believed to be the son of Geb and Nut, born on the second of the five intercalary days at the end of the year, after Osiris and before Set, Isis, and Nephthys. Plutarch also records a variant tradition that assigns different fathers to Nut's children: Osiris and Heru-ur are attributed to Nut and Ra, Isis to Nut and Thoth, while Nephthys and Set are said to be the children of Nut and Geb. Additionally, similar to other manifestations of Horus, Heru-ur is sometimes regarded as the child of Isis and Osiris, conceived by the pair while still within the womb of Nut.<ref> Griffiths, J. Gwyn, ed. (1970). ''Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride''. University of Wales Press, pp.135-137</ref>

Plutarch aims to distinguish between the child form of Horus, the son of Osiris and Isis, and 'Haroëris' whom he refers to as 'the elder Horus'. Haroëris is the hellenized version of the Egyptian epithet 'Horus-wer', which directly translates to 'Horus the Great,' a term first appearing in Papyrus Spell 588, likely to differentiate Horus of the royal cult from lesser forms of Horus. However, ancient Egyptian texts do not maintain a distinction between a Horus the Elder and a 'younger' Horus. Horus-wer is also sometimes referred to as the son of Osiris and Isis, and 'wer' is a common epithet for ancient Egyptian gods and does not imply a separation between older and younger deities into two different generations.<ref>Griffiths (1970), pp.300-301.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Horus and Ra: Symbols of Kingship and Creation |url=https://egyptianimports.com/blogs/news/horus-and-ra-symbols-of-kingship-and-creation?srsltid=AfmBOortdOqpifjUDcWH9QBY1qjZBWGGaHTz_S_rjZzRBklTJytNg0tB&currency=USD |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Discoveries Egyptian Imports |language=en}}</ref>

Heru-ur was sometimes depicted fully as a falcon; he was sometimes given the title '''Kemwer''', meaning "(the) great black (one)".{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}. Heru-ur was also depicted as a [[Hieracosphinx]] (a falcon headed lion).<ref>http://tarot.vn/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CCI18122015_0105.png {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> 

Other variants include ''Hor Merti'' 'Horus of the two eyes' and ''Horkhenti Irti''.<ref name=":0">Patricia Turner, Charles Russell Coulter, ''Dictionary of ancient deities'', 2001.</ref>