Introduction
Horus (as king) is recorded in Manetho's king-list as the ruler who finally defeated the usurper Set and restored rightful order to Egypt's throne, closing out the "Reign of the Gods."
Family
- Father: Osiris (as king)
Restorer of Order, Bridge to Human Kingship
After Horus's reign, Manetho and other classical-era sources describe a further sequence of legendary demigod rulers collectively called the "Followers of Horus" (Shemsu Hor), understood to bridge the age of divine kingship to the age of human kings beginning with Menes, Egypt's first historical pharaoh. Individual names for these demigod-kings are not consistently preserved across surviving sources, so this tree records them only as a group rather than inventing individual entries for figures no ancient source names with any consistency. Horus's fuller mythological contest with Set, including his upbringing in hiding and the tribunal that awarded him the throne, is recorded separately in the Egyptian Pantheon project.
This article records a specific literary or theological role — a king-list entry, a court tale, or a royal legitimation narrative — rather than the deity's or ruler's fuller religious identity, which (where applicable) is covered in the separate Egyptian Pantheon project.