The Eye Of Re
"There came a time when the people began to drift away from the
worship of the God. Re, in vengeance, sent his daughter, Hathor, in the
form of a lion, to punish mankind. Sent out by Re, in the form of a large all seeing eye, to watch over mankind,
After a time, Re decided that mankind had suffered enough and ordered
Hathor to return, she, being sated with blood lust refused. The Sun God
ordered a vast quantity of beer to be made, coloured with red ochre,
which was then poured into the field where Hathor-Sakhmet lay sleeping.
On waking, Hathor seeing the fields reddened with what she thought was
blood, began to gorge herself, falling into an intoxicated stupor, Re
was able to return her.
To mark the occasion, so that mankind would not forget their narrow
escape from annihilation, Re ordered a festival to be held each year in
Hathor's honour."
Hathor, was probably the origin of the concept of the 'evil eye'. The
Ankh, is thought to …