The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol. According to legend it gives protection and royal power from the deities; namely Horus. It has also gone by the name The Wedjat, Eye of the Moon, Eye of Ra, or Udjat.
Wedjat is the name which was most commonly associated with the symbol; it symbolized the eye of the deity Wadjet, who later became associated with Bast, Mut and Hathor. Wadjet was a sun deity.
Also in ancient Egypt, funerary amulets were often made of the Eye of Horus. On the mummy of Shoshenq II, Eye of Horus is the “central element”, of seven: gold, faience, carnelian and lapis lazuli. It was intended to protect the king in the afterlife. Sailors in both ancient Egypt as well as the Near East would often paint the symbol on the bow of their vessel, to ensure a safe journey at sea.
Horus was an Egyptian sky god known as Ra, and was represented in hieroglyphics as a falcon. Horus’s mother was Isis, the sun goddess.
Also, the eye in the ancient Egyptian written language of hieroglyphs represents the verbs: to do, to make or to perform.
There is also a numerical exegesis for the Eye of Horus, it is as follows:
The eye is a figure with 6 parts. These 6 parts correspond to the six senses – Touch, Taste, Hearing, Thought, Sight, Smell. Then there are 6 parts of the eye. The eye is receptor of input. It has six doors, which it uses to receive data.
This is a very groovy symbol for those into ancient mythology and language and we now offer the Eye of Horus (Eye of Ra) Bracelet as well!
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