What exactly does the "Eye or Horace" mean?

Question

Does it symbolize something? someone told me its to ward off evil or something to that effect. Is there a good website that will tell me about egyptian symbols?

Answer 1

It's the Eye of Horus, not "Horace." Horus is hawk-headed Egyptian god of War and Vengeance. He is the son of Isis and Osiris, and he avenged his father's death by defeating the Storm God Set. The symbol of the Eye of Horus is a powerful protective amulet, as are the symbols of all warrior gods. The Eye of Horus is also, very likely, the origin of the "Evil Eye" amulet worn in Islamic countries around the Mediterranean to ward off the Evil Eye. (This would be what Sir James Frazer would call a Pagan survival -- an aspect of ancient Pagan magic or religion that survives today in watered-down form as a superstition,or are absorbed into the traditions of the dominant religion. Throwing coins in wishing wells, dying Easter eggs, decorating Christmas trees, and knocking on wood are also examples of Pagan survivals. But I digress.)

Answer 2

Eye of Horus is simply a symbol of protection for the Egyptians they think that by displaying the symbol that the Egyptian God Horus will protect them.

Answer 3

That's "The Eye of Horus" not "Horace."
Horus was an Egyptian god with the head of a hawk (and very acute eyesight as a result) who could espy evil from afar.
For Egyptian symbols, try looking up "hieroglyphics".

Answer 4

Ancient symbol associated with the occult sciences and used in modern witchcraft as an amulet for :
wisdom
prosperity
spiritual protection
good health
increasing clairvoyant powers
protection against theves and evil eye


as for a website http://www.egyptology.com/

Answer 5

Horus might be of help--see http://www.egyptianmyths.net/horus.htm
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/udjat.htm
Good Luck!

Answer 6

It is the Eye of Horus, and if you spell it right, you will be able to find alot about it in google.