Who are Horus, Attis & Dionysus?

Question

I got an email telling me that these men lived before Christ. They all aere suppose to have been born of Virgins and crusified just like Jesus. I have never heard of any of these men.

Answer 1

I know your new to the computer and probably mythology so here it goes. Dionysus is the greek god of wine and theatre, he was the son of Zeus, god-king of the grrek gods, and semele, a princess. His mother was burned alive after trying to see zeus in his glorious form but he was saved just before she was fried,he was raised among nature spirits who taught him how to make wine and how to turtn emotions into acting. Horus was born to a virgin goddess named Isis, her husband osiris was mudered by his brother Set adn dismebered into seven or fourteen peices and thrown into the nile river. Isis, with her powers of magick, reanimated his body but it could not last forever, so Issis, with the intent of perserving Osirisis legacy and name for eons, turned into a bird, made a wooden phallus for osiris, had sex with the corpse adn was pregnant with horus. Horus was born with a falcons head, that looked like his mother when she was conceving him, and a human body. He was the god of light, truth and medicine. Attis originated from eygpt or persia but some of his myths are unclear.

Answer 2

Horus is the child of Osiris and Isis, gods of Egyptian mythology. Dionysus is the child of Zeus and Selene, a god and mortal of Greek mythology. Attis is a Greek god of growth and fertility.

Horus was not a result of virgin birth. His mother slept with her deceased husband (Egyptians believed that death was a travel to a new level of existence and that you retained human form) and gave birth to Horus.

Dionysus was also not the result of virgin birth. His mother, pregnant with him at the time, died after being tricked by Hera, Zeus' wife. Zeus rescued the unborn boy from Selene's body and stitched him into his leg. Dionysus was born after some days from Zeus himself.

Attis is a god I don't know too much about. He is mentioned as being in love with Cybele, also of Greek mythology. He was "unmanned" because Cybele wanted revenge for his love that she did not want. I have no idea if Attis has a virgin birth myth.

Try looking up some books at your local library about myths. You might find them interesting.

Answer 3

Horus was the son of Isis and Osiris, ancient Egyptian gods. The Eye of Horus is a famous Egyptian symbol.

Attis I don't recognize.

Dionysus was a Greek god, called Bacchus by the Romans, who was the god of wine and intoxication. Bulfinch's says: "Bacchus (Dionysus), the god of wine, was the son of Jupiter and Semele. He represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but the social and beneficent influences likewise, so that he is viewed as the promoter of civilization, and a lawgiver and lover of peace."

In vino veritas.

Answer 4

Horus by Stephanie Cass
The name "Horus" is a general catchall for multiple deities, the most famous of whom is Harseisis (Heru-sa-Aset) or Horus-son-of-Isis (sometimes called Horus the Younger) who was conceived after the death of his father, Osiris, and who later avenged him. In all the Horus deities the traits of kingship, sky and solar symbology, and victory reoccur. As the prototype of the earthly king, there were as many Horus gods as there were rulers of Egypt, if not more.....

Attis by Micha F. Lindemans
A god of growth and fertility in Asia Minor, also venerated in Greece. His service remained more Asian than Greek, however, and was connected to that of Cybele. Because of his manifestations of intense sadness and ecstatic joy, his service resembles that of Adonis. Attis was thought to be beloved by Cybele and when he refused her love, in her rage she unmanned him. His followers sometimes did the same. Attis is portrayed on coins from the Roman era and on tombstones. He is represented as a young man in tight-fitting clothes and a Phrygian headdress and shepherds staff.

Dionysus by Rachel Gross and Dale Grote
Dionysus, also commonly known by his Roman name Bacchus, appears to be a god who has two distinct origins. On the one hand, Dionysus was the god of wine, agriculture, and fertility of nature, who is also the patron god of the Greek stage. On the other hand, Dionysus also represents the outstanding features of mystery religions, such as those practiced at Eleusis: ecstasy, personal delivery from the daily world through physical or spiritual intoxication, and initiation into secret rites. Scholars have long suspected that the god known as Dionysus is in fact a fusion of a local Greek nature god, and another more potent god imported rather late in Greek pre-history from Phrygia (the central area of modern day Turkey) or Thrace...

Answer 5

Horus is the Egyptian sun god, Dionysus is the Greek god of...I'm not sure. I think it is wine. And Attis... well, I've never heard of him. Probably another god of some ancient tradition.

Answer 6

an egyptian, a greek, and a roman god respectively. also look at the story of hercules or mithras for more similarities with the jesus myth

Answer 7

Yes, we know them today as Larry, Curley, and Moe.