"The Victory of Horus"
Scenes and Details from the
Sacred Drama of Egypt


Adapted from H. W. Fairman, The Triumph of Horus (London, 1974).
Click on each vignette below to open an enlargement with details.

Prologue:
Introduction and
Boarding the Boats


Act I, "The Harpoon Ritual"
Scene 1:
The First Strike
against Seth
Scene 2:
The Second Strike
against Seth
Scene 3:
Seth is Caught Fast
by Six Harpoons
Scene 4:
The Eighth Harpoon
Strikes Seth;
Interlude: Slaying the Sabet-Cobras
for Isis
Scene 5:
Seth is brought down by
the Tenth Harpoon


Act II, "Rejoicing over the Victory"
Scene 1:
Exhortation to Horus;
Pharaoh Attacks Seth
Scene 2:
Horus is Crowned and Vested
with Royal Insignia


Act III, "The Celebration of the Victory"
Scene 1:
The First Dismemberment
of Seth
Scene 2:
Sympathetic Magic:
Pharaoh Slays Nubia
Scene 3:
The Final Dismemberment
of Seth


Epilogue:
Horus Triumphant		---(no vignette)---

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