The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power from deities, in this case from Horus or Ra. The symbol is seen on images of his mother, Isis, and other deities associated with her.
Horus was an ancient Egyptian sky god in the form of a falcon. The right eye represents a peregrine falcon's eye and the markings around it, including the "teardrop" marking sometimes found below the eye. As the wadjet, it also represented the sun, and was associated with his mother, Isis, and with Wadjet another goddess, both early sun deities who became associated as aspects of one another, as well as the sun deity Ra whose cult arose last. The mirror image, or left eye, sometimes represented the moon and the god Tehuti.
The ancients believed this symbol of indestructibility would assist in rebirth. The Eye of Horus was found under the twelfth layer of bandages on the mummy of Tutankhamun, an eighteenth dynasty pharaoh.
Seven different hieroglyphs are used to represent the eye. One is the common usage of the verb 'to do', 'make', or 'perform'. The other frequently used hieroglyph is the wadget, a sacred protective symbol, called the 'Eye of Horus' after his cult rose to prominence as the son of Isis.
The Eye of Providence or the all-seeing eye is a symbol showing an eye surrounded by rays of light or a glory, and usually enclosed by a triangle. It is sometimes interpreted as representing the eye of God keeping watch on humankind
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