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 swift grey throat patch and a brown rump. The form "toulsoni" of northwestern Angola and Zimbabwe is a dark morph of nominate "A. h. horus", with a dark rump and small throat patch. Both dark forms have sometimes been split as separate species. Horus, whose name this bird commemorates, was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun, son of Osiris and Isis. Horus swift The Horus swift ("Apus horus") is a small bird in the swift family. It breeds in sub-Saharan Africa. It has an extensive continuous distribution from eastern and southern South Africa north to southern Zambia and central Mozambique,