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Eye of Horus

deity earth ancient Egypt single tradition · 6

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 Horus's mother, Isis, and on other deities associated with her. Funerary amulets were often made in the shape of the Eye of Horus.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested from Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets onward.

Relationships

syncretized with
Wadjet, Eye of Ra
allied with
Wadjet, Thoth
co occurs with
Ra-Horakhty, Ra-Horus, Nephthys, Ma'at, Seth, nfr ḥr.w, Ra, Isis, Anubis
serves
Osiris
enemy of
Set
child of
Horus

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (6)
  1. Horus
  2. Wadjet
  3. Eye of Ra
  4. Eye of Horus
  5. Funeral of a Mummy on the Nile
  6. Litany of the Eye of Horus

Source passages

“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 Horus's mother, Isis, and on other deities associated with her. In the Egyptian language, the word for this symbol was "wedjat" (wɟt).”

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“Wadjet was closely associated in ancient Egyptian religion with the Eye of Ra and the Eye of Horus symbols, each powerful protective deities.”

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“At times the Egyptians called the lunar eye the "Eye of Horus" and called the solar eye the "Eye of Ra"—Ra being the preeminent sun god in ancient Egyptian religion. Both eyes were represented by the wedjat symbol, a stylized human eye with the facial markings of the falcon that signified Horus.”

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“On the rear of the main barge, several symbols associated with Egyptian funerary rites were painted, among them the Eye of Horus.”

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“The Litany of the Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian text in the style of a funerary text, (offering formula). A small portion of the text is contained in a limestone wall relief fragment of painted hieroglyphs located in the British Museum (no. EA 5610).”

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