Horus Hero's Journey Essay

When you ask a person who they consider a hero, one may respond by saying “Superman”. Those people believe a hero is someone who is extraordinary from us. Those “heroes” have a super ability that we don't have. Such as a superpower to fly. On the other hand, a different person could respond to the same question by saying “my mom” or “my dad”. A hero could be someone who you have never met, nor ever knew existed. But what about Horus? Most people who hear the name Horus will think of the god’s son. They see him as a drunk who parties every day, also someone who doesn't do anything all day. But in the film Gods of Egypt he proves he is worthy of becoming a God. When referring to Campbell's book A hero with a thousand faces, Horus goes through the stages of becoming a hero as Campbell noted. Horus is put to many challenges, but throughout his journey on becoming the God of Egypt, he shows that he is in fact, a hero. The “call to adventure” is the first stage of a hero’s journey according to Campbell. This is the stage where an event happens in the hero’s life that shakes up the …show more content…
That stage is called “Supernatural Aid”, as so Joseph Campbell calls it. This stage is when the hero is given help to make him stronger and wiser. It helps them face the challenger they have to overcome. Campbell describes this stage as “Having responded to his own call, and continuing to follow courageously as the consequences unfold, the hero finds all the forces of the unconscious at his side. Mother Nature herself supports the mighty task” (72). Horus is given supernatural aid by a mortal named Bek. Bek was able to successfully steal one of Horu’s eye from Set. With the eye Horus can now see from one eye and has some of his power back. He cannot however transform into the God he was before without his second eye, but he is given the ability to see from one eye. He can now go onto his journey to fight for his