Totally stole this idea from the lostpedia.com forums.
Horus is a god of the
Ancient Egyptian religion, most commonly known by the
Greek version
Horus, of the
Egyptian Heru/
Har. Horus was an ancient and important deity. He was also the son of
Isis and
Osiris. Some details of the character are changed or intermixed with other characters throughout the different dynasties and Egyptian cults and religions. For example, when Heru (Horus) fuses with Ra the Sun God, he becomes Ra-Horakhty.
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The
Eye of Horus became an important Egyptian symbol of power. Horus had a man's body and a falcon's head. Horus fought with
Seth for the throne of
Egypt. In this battle one of his eyes was injured and later it was healed by Hathor. This healing of the eye became a symbol of renewal. Horus united Egypt and bestowed divinity upon the
pharaohs who were viewed as incarnations of Horus in life.
I guess that would make Richard into Seth.
Seth is one of the oldest of the
Egyptian gods first appearing between 4000-3500 BCE.The ancient Egyptian God of storms and of the desert. The rival of
Horus. Seth was also the god that protected the
pharaohs from the evil
serpent Apophis and was a companion of the sun god
Amun-Ra and represented balance in the universe and central to the Egyptian concept of duality.
Depicted with a man's body and head of an animal with a long nose and squared ears. His wife was his sister the goddess
Nephthys, a protector of the dead.
In Genesis Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve and the only child mentioned by name besides Cain and Abel. Born when Adam was 130 years old (Genesis 5:3), Seth was "a son in his likeness and image." Genesis 5:4 states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his death, aged 930 years. It is stated in the Bible that Seth probably means "granted".