The Welcome to Spirits podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.

Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.

I'm Amanda.

And I'm Julia. And Amanda, I feel like we're really ramping up here on denial isn't just a

river in Egypt. It's also what we've been doing by keeping an Egyptian mythology series from

you on Spirits Podcast. By Spirits Podcast. By Spirits Podcast. But we've talked a lot about

some of the big names. We've talked about

Osiris. We've talked about Osiris. We've talked about SET. But now we have to talk about one of the

most important ancient Egyptian deities, one of the quote-unquote next generation of gods, I would

say, the falcon-headed god horus. Now, I know you said falcon-headed,

but I am now just picturing a Captain Jean-Luc Picard-headed man-bird because the next

generation is also my favorite Star Trek series. I mean, it is arguably the best one, in my

personal opinion. Engagement in the comments, baby, let's go.

Tell me which one you like best Star Trek nerds.

Horace is a really interesting character in ancient Egyptian mythology.

He is the pharaoh of the gods, the king.

He's very closely associated with the rulers of Egypt, who were supposed to be

these earthly embodiments of the god himself. And early on, he was seen as this god of war and the

sky, but his importance really rose and rose as time went on. But first, before we kind of get

into the historical and also mythological origins of

Horace, let's talk about the ways that we would be able to best spot our boy.

I mean, I assume he's the one who's a man with a bird's head. Amanda, you would be right.

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