#choronu

[solanderlily-blog]

Yo Levpags!

How on Earth do you find any resources for Choronu.  The deity of healing, (health?), exorcisms.  I’m trying google but whenever I put -’Choronu’, Horon, or any other spelling I get nothing but recipe’s and like random links.

I know JOSTR is popular but are there any other resources one could try?

[antlering]

Pardon me asking, but Choronu?

Oh no problem! I love getting questions! :>

Choronu is more commonly spelled Hauron or Hurun. He is a Canaanite deity known especially from the city of Ugarit.

Choronu is a chthonic deity heavily associated with magic, healing, and protection. He was commonly invoked in very elaborate healing rituals against venomous bites from snakes and scorpions. In the most complex of these rituals, he marries the Mother-of-Horses, a (demi-)goddess who is daughter of the sun goddess Shapash. Choronu and Shapash tend to collaborate in magical rituals through their chthonic aspects.

As with other more famous Canaanite deities (Ba’al Hadad, Anat, Astarte, Reshep), Choronu was imported into neighboring Egypt. (This is where the other spellings of his name come from.) His protective/apotropaic powers made him in high demand for an imported god, especially during the reign of Ramesses II:

(Picture from Wiki Commons.)

Hope this helps! Choronu is super cool so let me know if you have other questions! ~

[antlering]

Something old, something new! Sekhmet agreed that I could take her old icon and dedicate it to Astarte. (Actually, in divination Sekhmet essentially said “that’s fine, I don’t really give a shit tbh.”) Astarte/Athtartu appears to me a bit unusually in that she appears with a lioness face, and after the events of the past few weeks I really wanted to give her a dedicated icon. (I think she’s a “regional” Astarte.)

Also, got an icon of Choronu with Ramesses II from the same HoN member who I got the super cool Twtw statue from! 

[antlering]

Here’s Part 3 of my Ugaritic pantheon infographics! We’ve now made it through the “major” mythic gods (meaning that future graphics will be of fairly obscure gods). As always, please ask me questions and leave criticism if you’d like!