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	Sometimes the [[Udjat]], otherwise known as the Eye of [[Horus\|Heru]], was known as the Eye of [[Ra]]. When [[Udjat]] is a right eye, it is supposed to represent the sun and therefore [[Ra]]. This usage is quite uncommon.		Sometimes the [[Udjat]], otherwise known as the Eye of [[Horus\|Heru]], was known as the Eye of [[Ra]]. When [[Udjat]] is a right eye, it is supposed to represent the sun and therefore [[Ra]]. This usage is quite uncommon.

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== Usage as a title ==

Avenger godforms of [[Ra]] were given the title 'Eye of Ra' and represented [[Ra]]'s wrathful nature. The godforms were supposed to have come about by [[Ra]] glancing with his eye and creating them - this is why the Eyes of Ra were often referred to as [[Ra]]'s children. The Egyptians presumably based this idea on the sun itself, and how too much sunshine and firey heat can be destructive.

The most famous incident of an Eye of Ra in typical, vengeful form is found in the myth of [[Sekhmet]] and [[Ra]]. Mankind had disobeyed and mocked [[Ra]], who decided to create [[Sekhmet]] and send her to destroy man. [[Sekhmet]] proceeded to joyfully slaughter everyone she saw, until [[Ra]] pitied mankind. He could not stop [[Sekhmet]], and so decided to trick her by pouring beer, coloured with red ochre, onto some fields. When [[Sekhmet]] came across the fields, she thought the beer was blood and drank until she was unable to kill. Now pacified, [[Ra]] declared that [[Sekhmet]] was now to be known as the peaceful [[Hathor|Het-Hert]].

This myth caused [[Hathor|Het-Hert]] to be known as an Eye of Ra along with [[Sekhmet]], [[Tefnut]], [[Aset]], Wadjet, and Nekhbet.

The Eyes of Ra were not only vengeful, but served as protectors too. Those who bore the title were often called upon to guard the innocent and vulnerable.

== Usage as a symbol ==

Sometimes the [[Udjat]], otherwise known as the Eye of [[Horus|Heru]], was known as the Eye of [[Ra]]. When [[Udjat]] is a right eye, it is supposed to represent the sun and therefore [[Ra]]. This usage is quite uncommon.

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