The ancient Egyptians believed that this symbol has a very powerful and magical effect on restoring harmony to the unstabilized world and restoring unrightful things.
According to the old myth, the rivalling god Seth tore Horus'
eye out. Seth was his uncle, who contended with him for the Egyptian throne
after he had killed and dismembered his father, Osiris. Thot, the wise moon
god and the patron of the sciences and the art of writing, put it patiently
back in order and healed it. As an ambiguous symbol, it describes the status
of regained soundness.
In the field of astronomy it is the moon symbol absolute and
refers to the increasing completion of the moon disk; the Eye of Horus symbol
was inspired by the "Eye of God" and "solar falcon" that
are manifested during total solar eclipses;
In the most
different sizes and degrees of preciousness of its materials, it served as an
amulet worn around the neck or as a graphic motif for beautiful jewels; it
decorated the lunettes of coffins and sarcophagi; it was part of a suspicious
picture mysteries in the ornament of receptacles or other personal objects.
Eye of Horus
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