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Onuris

Egyptian mythology

Onuris

God of War, Hunt, and the Returning Eye

Mythology
Egyptian mythology
Parents
Ra
Group
Protection · Sky · Divine · War · Eye of Ra

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Onuris, called Anhur, is the warrior and hunter god of This near Abydos, shown as a bearded man in a feathered crown, often wielding a spear. His name means roughly "he who brings back the distant one," referring to the myth in which he journeys to Nubia to retrieve the wandering Eye of Ra, the goddess Mehit, whom he brings home as his wife. This act of recovering the raging solar eye casts him as a restorer of cosmic order. Soldiers revered him as a god of war, and the Greeks identified him with Ares. He embodies controlled, purposeful force that hunts down chaos and returns what was lost.

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Thoth and the Wandering Eye

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Who is Onuris?
Onuris, called Anhur, is the warrior and hunter god of This near Abydos, shown as a bearded man in a feathered crown, often wielding a spear.
Which mythology does Onuris belong to?
Onuris belongs to Egyptian mythology.
Which stories does Onuris appear in?
Onuris appears in Thoth and the Wandering Eye, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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