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Names of Netjer: Heru-Ur

G
Geb

H
Haidith
Hapi
Hapy
Harendotes
Harmachis
Haroeris
Harpocrates
Harseisis
Har-wer
Hathor
Heka
Heqet
Heru
Heru-akhety
Heru-behdety
Heru-em-Akhet
Heru-nedj-it-ef
Heru-pa-khered
Heru-sa-Aset
Heru-sema-tawy
Her-wer
Hethert
Hike
Horakthy
Horus

Index: A-F, G-H
I-N, O-S, T-Z, All

Her-wer (Har-wer; G/R Haroeris) - "Great Heru/Heru the Elder" Heru in His most abstract, "original" form is known as a hawk, primarily a divinity of sky, even on Predynastic pottery and other objects. The hawk of Her-wer came to be associated with the kingship and was depicted seated atop the ruler's name in the original "serekh" (palace facade) style of hieroglyphic rendering. Her-wer is viewed as a brother, rather than son, of Wesir; His main opposite being Set, the Lord of the Red Land, and the storms in Her-wer's placid blue sky. Confusion of Her-wer's attributes with Heru-sa-Aset's led in later times to both Netjeru being intertwined; however, in His earliest depictions, Her-wer is strictly a celestial and sometimes solar divinity; only later is He associated with the kings and with the myth cycle of the Wesirian cult.