The latter were numerous. Sometimes, as in the case of Harkhobi, Horus of Khobiu,[*] a geographical qualification was appended to the generic term of Horus, while specific names, almost invariably derived from the parts which they were supposed to play, were borne by others. The sky-god worshipped at Thinis in Upper Egypt, at Zarit and at Sebennytos in Lower Egypt, was called Anhuri. When he assumed the attributes of Ra, and took upon himself the solar nature, his name was interpreted as denoting the conqueror of the sky. He was essentially combative. Crowned with a group of upright plumes, his spear raised and ever ready to strike the foe, he advanced along the firmament and triumphantly traversed it day by day.[**] The sun-god who at Medamofc Taud and Erment had preceded Amon as ruler of the Theban plain, was also a warrior, and his name of Montu had reference to his method of fighting. He was depicted as brandishing a curved sword and cutting off the heads of his adversaries.[***] * _Harkhobi, Haramkhobiu_ is the Horus of the marshes (_khobiu_) of the Delta, the lesser Horus the son of Isis, who was also made into the son of Osiris. ** The right reading of the name was given as far back as Lepsius. The part played by the god, and the nature of the link connecting him with Shu, have been explained by Maspero. The Greeks transcribed his name Onouris, and identified him with Ares. *** Montu preceded Amon as god of the land between Kus and Gebelen, and he recovered his old position in the Graeco- Roman period after the destruction of Thebes. Most Egyptologists, and finally Brugsch, made him into a secondary form of Amon, which is contrary to what we know of the history of the province. Just as Onu of the south (Erment) preceded Thebes as the most important town in that district, so Montu had been its most honoured god. Heer Wiedemann thinks the name related to that of Amon and derived from it, with the addition of the final _tu_. Each of the feudal gods naturally cherished pretensions to universal dominion, and proclaimed himself the suzerain, the father of all the gods, as the local prince was the suzerain, the father of all men; but the effective suzerainty of god or prince really ended where that of his peers ruling over the adjacent nomes began. [Illustration: 136.jpg THE HOEUS OF HIBONU, ON THE BACK OF THE GAZELLE.]