This was C.S. Lewis’s final block to be removed before his conversion to Christianity, and Tolkien brought up the fact that it really just points to the fact that there is an underlying need through humanity for the events concerning Jesus to the point where all of humanity would write stories about it, also the reason why sacrifice to quell the wrath of the gods was so prevalent.
As a side note, Horus was not conceived of a virgin. His father Osiris could be considered undead, and his mother used magic to use wood to replace a certain… part necessary for conception… but that’s not the same thing at all, is it?
The story was that Sutekh killed Osiris and cut him apart, spreading the pieces through the land. Osiris’s wife, the goddess of magic Isis, searched for the pieces(very beautiful story, actually) and used her magic to bring him back to life. But of course, he was missing a certain aspect, and she replaced it with clay or wood, they conceived Horus, and that was it. But Osiris had died, and had to stay dead. So he was given the position of the god of the underworld(a much nicer place than the Greek version).
It’s a beautiful love story. The Egyptians had really cool stories. I really like the concept of the battles between Ra and Apophis.
