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The left eye of [[Horus]] was seen by Egyptians as the moon and its phases mimicked the loss and eventual restoration of Horus' eye during his long battles with [[Set]]. There was also a legend stating that Set transformed himself into a black pig and caused further injury to Horus' eye. This has been interpreted as the new moon, during which the sky is dark compared to the full moon, when the sky is illuminated. | The left eye of [[Horus]] was seen by Egyptians as the moon and its phases mimicked the loss and eventual restoration of Horus' eye during his long battles with [[Set]]. There was also a legend stating that Set transformed himself into a black pig and caused further injury to Horus' eye. This has been interpreted as the new moon, during which the sky is dark compared to the full moon, when the sky is illuminated. | ||
On the ceiling of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, there is a diagram showing the phases of the moon as a stylized eye of Horus. This same ceiling contains a depiction of the [[Egyptian decans|Egyptian decan]] [[Aryt]] as a black Set-pig. | On the ceiling of the Temple of [[Hathor]] at Dendera, there is a diagram showing the phases of the moon as a stylized eye of Horus. This same ceiling contains a depiction of the [[Egyptian decans|Egyptian decan]] [[Aryt]] as a black [[Set]]-pig. | ||
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