The Birth House (Mammisi) at the Temple of Edfu is a small, freestanding sanctuary dedicated to the divine birth of Horus, son of Hathor and Horus of Edfu. Built during the Ptolemaic period, it celebrated the mysteries of divine birth, renewal, and kingship. Rituals performed here reenacted the birth and protection of the child god, a moment of cosmic vulnerability that symbolized the continual regeneration of divine and royal power. Mythologically, the mammisi refers to Horus’ birth after the t