Was Horus Born on December 25th of a Virgin? by Acharya S/D.M.
Murdock Jesus Christ is not the only god supposedly born of a
virgin on December 25th. So too was Horus of Egypt. In my book
Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled appears a
discussion of the Egyptian solar deity Horus, who was said to
have been born of a virgin on "December 25th" or the winter
solstice. As an example of one writer making this claim, in The
Story of Religious Controversy, Joseph McCabe, a Catholic priest
for many years, writes: …Virginity in goddesses is a relative
matter. Whatever we make of the original myth…Isis seems to have
been originally a virgin (or, perhaps, sexless) goddess, and in
the later period of Egyptian religion she was again considered a
virgin goddess, demanding very strict abstinence from her
devotees. It is at this period, apparently, that the birthday of
Horus was annually celebrated, about December 25th, in the
temples. As both Macrobius and the Christian writer [of the
"Paschal Chronicle"] say, a