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eye_of_ra
📅 Updated:2026-09-21
🕒 Created:2026-01-26
🆔 ID:91804
Description
- A symbol picturing the right eye with ancient Egyptian makeup, which has the following properties:
- A long, sweeping eyelash
- One or two vertical lines under it that look like abstract tears
- Can be any color; usually it is black or gold
- Can be on items like pendants or worn as make-up
- Do NOT use this tag if…
- … it is the left eye - use eye_of_horus instead
- … you cannot determine if it is the left or the right eye - use the umbrella term wedjat_eye instead
Not to be confused with
Related tags
See also
Synonyms
- Right wedjat eye
- Right udjat eye
Description and background
The eye_of_ra is most commonly used as a symbol. But historically "eye of Ra" is also a description or epithet for deities; see this quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Ra :
[quote]The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re, usually depicted as sun disk or right wedjat-eye (paired with the Eye of Horus, left 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 of the sun, but it often behaves as an independent goddess, a feminine counterpart to Ra and a violent force that subdues his enemies.[/quote]
[quote]The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re, usually depicted as sun disk or right wedjat-eye (paired with the Eye of Horus, left 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 of the sun, but it often behaves as an independent goddess, a feminine counterpart to Ra and a violent force that subdues his enemies.[/quote]
