Joshua J. Mark's Horus entry for World History Encyclopedia is a named, editorially reviewed reference article, stronger than an anonymous crowd sourced page but not a peer reviewed academic publication. Its strength is a reliable general account of Horus's mythology, iconography and role in Egyptian religion. Its limit is that it is a general reference entry rather than a specialist Egyptological study, so a claim resting on detailed philological or archaeological argument needs a dedicated scholarly source.
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Assessment
Reliability TierJoshua J. Mark's Horus entry, published by World History Encyclopedia, the middle tier reflecting that the site carries named authorship and an editorial review process for its contributors but is not a peer reviewed academic journal, a working standard this atlas applies to World History Encyclopedia entries generally. Cite it for a reliable general overview of Horus's myth and worship rather than for a specialist Egyptological argument. NotesAn editorially reviewed reference encyclopedia article, not a peer-reviewed monograph, by World History Encyclopedia's co-founder and content director. Used here for the specific, checkable claim that Egyptian religion recognized Horus the Elder (Haroeris), a first-generation sky god, as originally distinct from Horus the Child, and for the Greek misreading of the child-gesture hieroglyph that produced Harpocrates. 1 Citation
PublisherWorld History Encyclopedia 1 Publication Year URLhttps://www.worldhistory.org/Horus/ 1 Connections
Associated With
Horus, Deities This source names Horus directly: "Mark's Horus entry for World History Encyclopedia is a named, editorially reviewed reference article, stronger than an anonymous crowd sourced page but not a peer reviewed academic publication."
Source Horus (World History Encyclopedia)Joshua J. Mark
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds.
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