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The Dendera B [[zodiac]] ceiling depicts this decan as a male pig. This is derived from a story in the Coffin Texts involving [[Horus]] and [[Set]]. After Horus' eye is injured, [[Ra]] tells him to cover the eye and look at a black pig. Doing so causes Horus' good eye to also become injured because Set had transformed himself into a pig and projected the wound. For this reason, Ra declared that pigs are detestable and all his followers should consider the animal an abomination. | The Dendera B [[zodiac]] ceiling depicts this decan as a male pig. This is derived from a story in the Coffin Texts involving [[Horus]] and [[Set]]. After Horus' eye is injured, [[Ra]] tells him to cover the eye and look at a black pig. Doing so causes Horus' good eye to also become injured because Set had transformed himself into a pig and projected the wound. For this reason, Ra declared that pigs are detestable and all his followers should consider the animal an abomination. | ||
Egyptologist Bernard Arquier believes this is a reference to the | Egyptologist Bernard Arquier believes this is a reference to the [[moon|new moon]], when the sky would have been darkest and Horus was absent. | ||