Horites or Horim (חרי) were a people mentioned in the Torah (Genesis 14:6, 36:20, Deuteronomy 2:12) inhabiting areas around Mount Seir which was in Canaan (Gen. 36:2,5). Mt. Seir seems to have been named after one Seir, who the land of the Horites -`the land of Seir` was named after (Genesis 14:6). He was the anscestor of the Horite chiefs li.....