Four sons of Horus Nekhen. In Spells 112 and 113 of the Book of the Dead which have their origins in the earlier Coffin Texts Spells 157 and 158, it is described how Horus has his eye injured, and because of this is given the sons of Horus: The injury of Horus's eye is part of the myth cycle known as the Contending of Horus and Set recounting how they fought over the crown of Egypt. In a unique illustration in the tomb of Ay the sons of Horus are shown wearing the red and white crowns as the Souls of Pe and Nekhen,
Horus Heresy (fictional event) ceremony designed to heal Horus of a mortal wound, he is shown a vision of the far future, in which the Emperor is worshiped as a god, and Horus and the other Primarchs are forgotten (The irony being the Heresy is what leads to this future). As the Emperor's primary edict is to stamp out religion in all forms, Horus sees this as the ultimate betrayal. Though another Primarch, his brother Magnus, tries to reach the Emperor by psychic projection and warn him of Horus' treachery during his trance like state, the corruption spreads and prevents Horus from accepting his