3/14/2023 0 Comments Eye of osiris![]() ![]() Her ferocity warded away evil, protecting those who used the image apotropaically. Like the Horus eye, the eye of Re was thought of as protective entity. The right wedjat eye, the solar eye of Re, was thought to be embodied by a vengeful but protective feline goddess. In one myth, Horus presents his healed eye (repaired by the god of wisdom, Thoth) to his deceased father, the lord of the netherworld, Osiris, to help him pass safely into his afterlife. Likewise, the regenerative eye of Horus was thought to help the dead pass safely into the afterlife, and wedjat eye amulets were commonly placed within mummy wrappings to help the dead. The lunar eye of Horus, as the eye of completion, is a healing and regenerative entity, thought to bring health and safety to its wearer. The “eye of completion” (the Horus eye) is lunar because, like the moon, it waxes and wanes. Wedjat eyes could be either left or right eyes, the left lunar eye being that of the powerful falcon-headed god, Horus, and the right solar eye being that of the sun god, Re. This is because the eye fulfilled a number of different roles in Egyptian mythology, thereby lending itself to many different amuletic uses. ![]() The wedjat eye is one of the most common icons associated with ancient Egypt. It is pierced through lengthwise and is flat on the back. This faience amulet is red in color and depicts a right wedjat eye. The back of the amulet is flat and undecorated. There is a grooved suspension loop at the top. Careful attention has been paid to the depiction of the eyebrow and to the rendering of the cosmetic lines. This amulet of pale turquoise faience depicts a highly detailed right wedjat eye. The eyeball is depicted in white, with the pupil and cosmetic lines in blue. This polychrome faience wedjat eye depicts a right eye. ![]()
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