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The eye of Horus looks like it does because when he fought the god Seth he lost an eye so the drooping eye is suppose to be the blood of Horus's eye.

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The ancient Egyptians crafted it as a symbol of the power of the gods: Isis, Ra, and Horus and those associated with them all share this trait.

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It represented health and medicine. The modern Rx is a simplification of the Eye of Horus.

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The Eye of Horus belongs to the god Horus.


What does the eye of Anubis look like?

There was not, in ancient Egyptian myth, a "eye of Anubis"; the "eye of Ra"/"eye of Horus" referred to the counterpart protective goddess who defeated the enemies of Ra/Horus. The "Eye of Horus" symbol itself was of the Upper Egypt goddess Wadjet.


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Is the eye of ra the same as the eye of horus?

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