Wadjet
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Wadjet, known to the Greek world as Uto or Buto among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, was originally the ancient Egyptian local goddess of the city of Dep or Buto in Lower Egypt,
Wadjet in the form of a winged cobra, depicted in the Tomb of Nefertari, above Anubis (Jackal-like).
Wadjet, depicted as a lioness, with a rearing cobra on her crown.
Depiction of pharaoh presenting the Wadjet eyes (this portion no longer survives), to the god Haroeris so that he will ritually cleanse them. This is found within an inscription within the relief. From the Temple of Kom Ombo.
Engraving of surgical instruments including the Wadjet eye, from the Temple of Kom Ombo.
Eye of Horus
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The Eye of Horus, usually depicted as left wedjat-eye, is a concept and symbol in ancient Egyptian religion that represents well-being, healing, and protection. It derives from the mythical conflict b
Wadjet
…but evolved over time from a local goddess to a patron goddess. Wadjet was closely associated in ancient Egyptian religion with the Eye of Ra and the Eye of Horus symbols, each powerful protective deities. The hieroglyph for her eye is shown below; sometimes two are shown in the sky of religious images. There is…
Amulet from the tomb of Tutankhamun, fourteenth century BC, incorporating the Eye of Horus beneath a disk and crescent symbol representing the moon
Statuette of Thoth, in the form of an ibis-man, holding the left wedjat-eye
Drawing of Thoth, in the form of a baboon, holding the left wedjat-eye
Wedjat-eyes among a variety of ancient Egyptian amulets