The Egyptian EyeIn ancient Egyptian mythology, the Egyptian Eye first from the God Ra. His eyes represented the sun and the moon, and at one point when Ra and Horus were assimilated, one of the eyes represented the eye of the God Horus.The God Seth was the enemy of Horus in mythology, and the Eye of Horus then became the object of Seth's hatred for Horus. It is said that Seth captured the Eye of Horus during battle and threw it into the darkness where it broke into pieces. As one of the other Gods of Good, Thoth found the broken eye and restored it back to its original form. From then onwards, this eye became known as the Eye of Horus, or Wadjet. The Wadjet can be taken apart into pieces and is also used to represent fractions in
ancient Egyptian mathematics.
As an ancient Egyptian symbol, the Eye of Horus is used for protection. Come to think of it, an eye in one shape or another has been used as a symbol of protection in this part of the world… 
A lot of ancient Egyptian jewelry such as pendants, bracelets, earrings and amulets had the Wadjet symbol.If you also notice in paintings of ancient Egyptians, their eye make-up resembled the look of the Eye of Horus, with the long line at the outer corner extended to be aligned with the eyebrow. As a matter of fact, most street cats in Egypt have this natural eye-lining too. Looking at ancient Egyptian statues always reminds me of cat eyes! And as with many other ancient Egyptian symbols, the Eye of Horus has become a popular image in tattoos all over the world.
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