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Miracles: As in many other religions, the Egyptian gods and goddesses were known to produce miracles,<br />
including healing the sick, ―walking on water‖ and raising the dead. Regarding Horus being associated<br />
with healing, Greek historian of the first century BCE Diodorus Siculus remarks:<br />
They say Horus, in the Greek Tongue, is Apollo, who was taught both medicine and divination by<br />
his mother Isis, and who showers benefits on the race of man through his oracles and his cures. 77<br />
Concerning the motif of the god ―commanding the waters,‖ Murdock relates:<br />
In BD [Book of the Dead spell] 62…the deceased, who is Re or Osiris, pleads to have ―command<br />
of the water,‖ saying, ―May I be granted power over the waters…‖<br />
Spells 57, 58 and 59 of the BD are titled chapters for ―command of water‖ or ―having power over<br />
water,‖ while BD 57 includes the request:<br />
Oh Hapi, Chief of the heaven! in thy name of Conductor of the Heaven, let the Osiris<br />
prevail over the waters... 78<br />
Murdock also writes:<br />
The command over water includes the crossing of the ―celestial river‖: ―Upon reaching the sky,<br />
the life-essence of the King approaches the celestial gate and/or the celestial river.‖ When the<br />
king reaches the river with his ―mentor‖ Horus, he requests the god to take him with him: ―Since<br />
Horus has already crossed the river with his father in mythical times…, he can apparently then<br />
cross the river at will.‖ 79<br />
For much more on these subjects, see Christ in Egypt, pp. 285-308.<br />
77 Diodorus/Murphy, 31-32.<br />
78 Murdock, CIE, 293.<br />
79 Murdock, CIE, 296-297.<br />
Horus the Child on the Metternich Stela<br />
c. 380-342 BCE<br />
(Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)<br />
―This stele represented the power to protect man<br />
possessed by all the divine beings in the<br />
universe, and, however it was placed, it formed<br />
an impassable barrier to every spirit of evil and<br />
to every venomous reptile.‖<br />
(Budge, Legends of the Egyptian Gods, lxii)