ABSTRACT

Horus gave his enemy blow for blow ; 44 he takes away his strength and his power. That is why, at Coptos, a statue of Horus holds the private parts of Typhon in one hand.” On the pyramids, allusions to the removal of Horus’s eye and the castration of Seth are frequent. Before the creation, 44 the eye of Horus was not torn out, the testicles of Seth w^ ere not cut off.” 7 We read of the agony of the rivals after the battle : 44 Horus cries out for his eye ; Seth cries out for his testicles. The eye of Horus is out, fallen on this side of the Basin of the Lotus, (but) it protects its body against Seth. Thoth has seen it on this side of the Basin of the Lotus,” and the eye of Horus 44 falls on the wing of Thoth the Ibis ” .