'The Contendings of Horus and Seth'
"THE CONTENDINGS OF HORUS AND SETH" Beginnings of kinship or ideas of primogeniture vs experience Source: The family tree of the Heliopolitan Ennead Artist: unknown Origins: 'The Contendings of Horus and Seth' were set between "2040-1674 BCE dating back to the early Middle Kingdom" ¹ but pre dynasty in Egyptian history. The competition between the two gods was heard far and wide and is still a famous story to this day in Egyptian mythology. The dispute at court was to see who was rightful to become the next king of Egypt after the current king Osiris(god of the underworld) was murdered by Seth(God of war and chaos, Son of Nut) his brother. Horus( god of war and sky ) was the son of Isis(goddess of healing) and the Osiris so many believed that he should be the successor to this father but others believed since Seth was Osiris's brother and was wiser and stronger than he should be the successor. The two gods had a judicial trial which was judged by the