Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonBut Mary isn't a deity.

If you ever wanted to know anything about Egyptian mythology, here's your chance.

Note, I never accused them of being exactly the same. Technically Jesus wasn't a god either, he was just of godly descent. And that's where the adaptations or evolution, if you will, in religion comes in. The similarities between Horus and Jesus are very evident. And like Christianity, Egyptian religion had its variations. Some parts of Egypt adhered to Set while others held to Ra, so there's never really a completely consistent story, but the similarities out-weigh the differences. Osiris was the ruler of the world, in short. His brother Set and he fought to see who would own the world and Osiris died.

Now, Osiris impregnated Isis (I've also read that the word mery had been associated with Isis as well, but not to the extent of Neith) from the dead (think virgin Mary) who later gave birth to Horus (believed to be the resurrected Osiris). Horus then fought with Set and won, but not without losing one of his eyes (hence the moon) while Set lost his ability to have kids. Isis then declared Horus the ruler of the world. Of course, times changed and people declared that Ra be the king of all the people (keep in mind these were political decisions for the era, y'know, deciding which god is the ranking supreme), I guess they thought Horus was being arrogant or something, but that didn't get them very far since Horus ended up being associated with the sun anyway. But that's where the mythology turns Horus to being the son of Ra and held to him being the resurrected Osiris even more (unfortunately when he was associated with the sun he became his own son. Never saw jesus do that).

So anyway, now he's the sun and Neith is his apparant mother. Neith, mother of her beloved(mery) Horus-Osiris (kinda like Jesus, only he kept the same name after he rose). There are more similarities, but I think you've all got your Egyptian mythology lesson for the day.