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When Horus grew up, he reclaimed his father's throne from Seth rapidly subsequent a violent contest in which Seth plucked out just 1 of Horus' eyes and Horus Seth's genitals.The myth of the battle involving Horus and Seth is the Egyptian version of a normal Afro-Asiatic apocalyptic topic of cosmic battle involving an infant-messiah(as "avenger of blood") and an evil cosmic serpent frequently pictured as dwelling in the deep. We acquire this apocalyptic messianic topic in the liturgical hymns of the Davidic cult of YHWH in Psalm 74: twelve-14: "God is from outdated working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou didst divide the sea by thy could properly. Thou didst crack the head of the dragon in the h2o. Thou didst crush the head of Leviathan, thou didst give him as dishes for the creatures of the wilderness..."We obtain a truly associated reference to the Devil-Dragon-Serpent of the apocalyptic fight also in Isaiah 27: 1: "In that day YHWH with his challenging and fantastic and powerful sword shall punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea."Isaiah associates his eyesight of God's apocalyptic endtime(mythical time) triumph about the Dragon-Serpent of the deep with the eyesight of a new age: "..in that day Jacob shall consider root, Israel shall blossom and set forth shoots and fill the complete world with fruit."YHWH's triumph over Leviathan is related with the commencement of reign of a messianic "son of David," a "Shoot from the stump of Jesse," who will shall, as YHWH's agent in the execution of judgment, "...smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips slay the wicked."The figure of the apocalyptic summary-time(mythical time) messiah as "Son of David" is equal to that of the Egyptian Horus as "Avenger of his Father." In the Egyptian legend, the infant Horus is represented with a finger on his decrease lip, a symbolic representation o
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