Eye of Ra
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The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re, usually depicted as sun disk or right wedjat-eye, is an entity in ancient Egyptian mythology that functions as an extension of the sun god Ra's power, equated with the disk
Ra adorned with the sun-disk, from the tomb of Nefertari, 13th century BC
The uraeus on the royal headdress of Amenemope
Sekhmet as a woman with the head of a lioness, wearing the sun disk and uraeus
Frieze of uraei bearing sun disks at the top of a wall in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Hathor
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Hathor was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky god Horus and the sun god Ra, both of whom were con
Eye of Ra
…a violent force that subdues his enemies. This goddess, also known with the theonym Wedjat, can be equated with several particular deities, including Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet, Raet-Tawy, Menhit, Tefnut, and Mut. The eye goddess acts as mother, sibling, consort, and daughter of the sun god. She is his partner…
Banquet scene from the tomb chapel of Nebamun, 14th century BC. Its imagery of music and dancing alludes to Hathor.
Hathor as a cow suckling Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh, at Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahari (15th century BC).
Statue of Goddess Hathor at the British Museum, London, UK.
Hathor, in bovine form, emerges from a hill representing the Theban necropolis, in a copy of the Book of the Dead from the 13th century BC