Horus

Horus is written ḥr / ḥrw and depicted as a falcon-headed man or a white-faced falcon. As usual with gods and mythical creatures in general, all his attributes are puns with his name. This means he too was created from puns.

• Horus is depicted as a white-faced falcon, because ḥr means “face”. The same word was probably a name for this specific falcon.
• Horus becomes the ruler of Egypt, because ḥr for “face” also means “foreman” & “master”.
• Horus is the god of the sky, because ḥrw / ḥrt for “face” also means “sky” (via face & head as “upper part”).
• Horus is depicted as a child, because ẖrd means “child” & “boy”.
• Horus represents Lower Egypt specifically, because ẖr means “lower”.
• Horus was made the enemy of Seth, because ḫrw means “enemy” (while Seth puns with sṯȝw for “attacker”).
• Horus rips off Seth’s testicles, because ẖrwy means “testicles” (from ẖr for “lower”).
• Horus loses an eye, perhaps because ỉr means “eye” (though ỉr ≈ ḥr is not a very good pun).
• Horus & Seth are spook symbols, because ḥr-stḫ means “hidden ruler”.
• Horus & Isis are spook symbols, perhaps because ẖry-st means “instead of”, hinting at false representation & fakery. (Like other such expressions, it’s derived from “down” by putting a thing “down” in place of the other.)
• Horus is a spook symbol, perhaps because ẖrt means “deceit”.
• Horus is a spook symbol, perhaps because n-ḥr meaning “of face” is also an expression for disguising.