The Eye of Horus

        Through researching, I learned that the Eye of Horus was based on a mythological story rooted in Egypt. The Eye of Horus was an ancient symbol created by the Egyptians to honor Horus’ efforts of putting an end to the chaos inflicted by the eternal fight in Egypt (ReFaey et al., 2019). Therefore, the symbol is seen to represent protection (ReFaey et al., 2019). The Eye is split into six parts mathematically as well as anatomically representing the six senses (ReFaey et al., 2019). 

        I found the article “The Eye of Horus: The Connection Between Art, Medicine, and Mythology in Ancient Egypt” by ReFaey and colleagues (2019) especially interesting because it showed how the general shape of the Eye of Horus can be found within a human brain. This relationship between mathematics, stories, and anatomy is something I have never considered before. 

    In my culture, the number 4 is almost forbidden because it is a homophone for the word death in Chinese. Similarly, the number 8 sounds like the word for being rich in Chinese so it is usually a lucky number (extra lucky if it's 88!). Growing up, my parents would always follow these superstitions surrounding numbers when picking phone numbers, license plates, and pretty much everything else that has numbers in it. For example, they would avoid a 1 and 4 consecutively because it insinuates one death, or the road that leads to death. 

ReFaey, K., Quinones, G. C., Clifton, W., Tripathi, S., & Quiñones-Hinojosa, A. (2019). The Eye of Horus: The Connection Between Art, Medicine, and Mythology in Ancient Egypt. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4731