Aphrodite gave a rose to her son Eros, the god of love he, in turn, gave it to Harpocrates, the god of silence and a Greek name for a form of Horus, to ensure that his mother's indiscretions (or those of the gods in general, in other accounts) were not disclosed. Firstly, the rose's connotation of secrecy dates back also to Greek mythology. The idea of Horus being linked to the rose probably arises from Greek and Roman cultural cross-transmission of myths from Egypt. However, the gods in Egypt were usually associated with the lotus. The rose has sometimes been said to have been the emblem of the god Horus in ancient Egypt. The literal rose and its essence or attar has also played a role in religious and spiritual rites which ofttimes would have been held in secret. The rose has held a deeply symbolic significance in many times and cultures as a symbol of maternal creativity and of the yoni or feminine generative power.
Here he also has a uraeus above his forehead, symbolizing his entitlement to kingship.
Horus as a nude boy with his finger to his mouth, and a sidelock of hair, the symbols of childhood.
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