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Horus the Child

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Horus the Child

In ancient Egyptian religion, the infant son of Osiris and Isis; observed as a separate deity from the Egyptian sky god, the adult Horus. He is depicted as a baby with a royal crown and side-lock of youth, sucking his finger or being suckled by Isis.

Horus the Child was identified with the sun god who, newly born every morning, emerged from a lotus on the celestial waters.
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