Ancient
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
The
Eye of Horus
The
Eye of Horus, also known as the wedjat eye,
was thought to have magical powers. It
was believed to have protective and healing
powers.
Pairs
of wedjat eyes were painted on coffins or tombs
to protect against 'the evil eye'.
The lines drawn beneath the ‘wedjat’ eye represent
the markings on a falcon’s face.
The
Ancient Egyptians admired the physical qualities
and instincts found in animals.
Various
creatures were used as symbols of their gods,
who were usually represented as figures
with the head of an animal on the body of a
human.
Horus
was an Egyptian god who was usually shown with
the body of a man and the head of a falcon.
His
name means 'Far-Above-One' and he was the god
of the sky who posessed the qualities of light
and goodness.
Osiris
( the god of the underworld ) was his father
and Isis ( the goddess of nature ) was his mother.
In
Ancient Egyptian mythology, Seth
( the god of darkness and evil ) attacked and
killed his brother Osiris as he was jealous
of his power and wanted his throne.
Horus,
who was the true heir to Osiris' throne, avenged
his father's death by defeating and finally
destroying Seth after a series of contests.
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The
A to Z of Hieroglyphs
Click
on one of the hieroglyphs above for more information Our
simplified Hieroglyphic Alphabet is designed for fun to let you
translate English words into Hieroglyphs. Before
you translate your words into hieroglyphs, break them down into their
basic sounds of their syllables. For example, the word hieroglyph itself
has ten letters but only eight sounds: h-i-r-o-g-l-y-f. Therefore, you
would only need eight hieroglyphs to represent it. Treat
all double letters as single sounds. That should help you cut back
on the number of hieroglyphs you need to use. Sometimes
the same hieroglyph is used to represent different letters. If that happens,
change the colour of the hieroglyphs to avoid confusion.
Arrange your hieroglyphs to create interesting designs rather than the
straight lines that we use to arrange our letters and sentences. |
