All statues i find depict Moses to have small horns. I understand the mainstream idea of symbolism representing fertility of the Israelites, meekness, and being defense in nature rather than attacking everything you dont like immediately. But i love lore, i love to hear the occult, and i have a thing right now about public opinion and the persuasion of idea in a hive mind. So what does everyone think? Is there a deeper darker meaning mirroring all of this that holds the real truth or did people just carve ststues of this guy to honor him and through horns on him not because he had them but because they looked cool? Idk it made me simply question it. Like did King Davids pupils really look like hearts or was it artist stylization? What its the overarching public opinion? No wrong answers… unless it has to do with nasa, theres a sub for that…
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There’s a lot to say about Moses, far beyond being just some old dude in the Bible.
The horns are part of it, but it even begins with his name. “Moses” is not a given Egyptian name. It comes from the root “mss” and would translate in general to something like “proceeding from”, like a son proceeds from a father and a prince proceeds from a king. You’ll find it incorporated into various pharaonic names like Ah**mose** and Ra**mses**.
It also seems like Moses may have been based on a pharaoh, Akhenaten, who is hands down the strangest pharaoh ever. Seriously, the whole thing about him is bizarre. For anyone not familiar, it’s well worth researching.
Anyway, the idea was so compelling that Sigmund Freud (whatever you think of his psychological ideas) wrote a whole book based on that thesis, [*Moses and Monotheism*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_and_Monotheism).
Who was Moses, really? IDK, but it seems incredibly doubtful he was just some guy who they just so happened to add horns to his head when they sculpted him.
In Mesopotamian polytheism, many deities wear horned helmets and possess ‘Melam’, a divine radiance or aura that inspires awe. The horns on Moses are an artistic interpretation of melam.
Wait until you find St Christopher with a dog head!!
We need a space for public collaborative deep dives of different semiotic packages
The horns are ”Antennae” meaning he has a direct communication link with God. Much like the Devil has horns since originally he was the Lightbearer; also with an open channel to God. Either that or they were all just Hellova Horny in those days.