What is the Eye of Horus?
Q: What is the Eye of Horus?
A: The Eye of Horus was an important symbol in ancient Egypt.
Q: What was the Eye of Horus a symbol of in ancient Egypt?
A: The Eye of Horus was the symbol of protection and Royal Power from Ra or Horus.
Q: Who was Horus in ancient Egypt?
A: Horus was an ancient Egyptian sky god in the form of a falcon.
Q: What does the right eye of the Eye of Horus represent?
A: The right eye represents a peregrine falcon's eye and the markings around it.
Q: What did the Eye of Horus represent in addition to protection and royal power?
A: As the wadjet (also udjat or utchat), it also represented the sun and was associated with the Sun God Ra (Re).
Q: What did the mirror image, or left eye, of the Eye of Horus represent?
A: The left eye represented the moon and the God Tehuti (Thoth).
Q: What is the "teardrop" marking sometimes found below the right eye of the Eye of Horus?
A: The "teardrop" marking sometimes found below the right eye of the Eye of Horus is a part of its markings.
