Horon (other)
Horon is a group of traditional folk dances from the Pontian region of Turkey. Horon may also refer to: * Hauron, conventionally referred to as Horon, Canaanite and Ugaritic deity * Akçiğdem, formerly Horon, village in Turkey See also * *Beth-Horon (Upper and Lower), towns in ancient Israel, named after the Canaanite deity *Beit Horon Beit Horon () is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and Jerusalem, the biblical pass of Beit Horon (Joshua 10:10), after which it is named, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Reg ...

Horon
Horon () is a group of traditional folk dances from the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey. Name Etymology The term ''horon'' derives from Greek '' choros'' (, see chorus), which means "dance." The earliest instance of its usage in a Turkic language is in Codex Cumanicus from 1303. In the provinces of Ordu and Giresun, the term ''horan'' is used instead of ''horon''. Variants Over 50 variations of horon have been identified in a single region. Origin ''Horon'' or ''horonu'' is the Turkish equivalent of the ''serra'' war dance of the Pontian Greeks, resembling the ancient Greek ''Pyrrhic'' armed dance. Dance The horon is typically performed by a group of men or women in a line or semicircle. This dance form involves fast shoulder shimmy (Greek: Τρέμουλο, tremoulo), trembling of the entire body, and sudden squats. Horon dances require speed and agility in a dancer. See also ;Associated category *Pontic Greek folk dance Pontic Greek folk dances are a group of ...
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Hauron
Hauron, Haurun or Hawran (from Egyptian '' ḥwrwnꜣ'') was an ancient Egyptian god worshiped in Giza. He was closely associated with Harmachis, with the names in some cases used interchangeably, and his name as a result could be used as a designation of the Great Sphinx of Giza. While Egyptologists were familiar with Hauron since the nineteenth century, his origin was initially unknown, and only in the 1930s it was established that he originated outside Egypt. Today it is agreed that he was the Egyptian form of a god worshiped in Canaan and further north in the city of Ugarit, conventionally referred to as Horon (, ''ḥrn''; Ḥôrānu or Ḥōrān) in scholarship. In the Ugaritic texts, Hauron appears as a deity associated with Magic (supernatural), magic and exorcisms. This role is also attested for him in Egypt and in Phoenician sources from the first millennium BCE. The best known text focused on him is Keilalphabetische Texte aus Ugarit, KTU 1.100, often interpreted as ...
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Beth-Horon
Bethoron (; ), also Beth-Horon, were two neighboring towns in ancient Israel, situated on the Gibeon–Aijalon road. They served as strategic points along the road, guarding the "ascent of Bethoron". While the Hebrew Bible sometimes distinguishes between the two towns—Upper and Lower Bethoron—it often refers to both simply as Bethoron. The towns are mentioned in the Bible and in other ancient sources: Upper Bethoron appears in Joshua, Lower Bethoron in Joshua, both in 1 Chronicles, and the ascent in I Maccabees. The ancient towns of Upper Bethoron and Lower Bethoron are identified respectively with the present-day Palestinian Arab villages of Beit Ur al-Fauqa and Beit Ur al-Tahta, which preserve the ancient names. Archaeological evidence suggests that Lower Bethoron was established first, as the earliest potsherds discovered there date back to the Late Bronze Age, while those from the upper town originate from the Iron Age onward. Etymology The Hebrew name Bethoron (B ...
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