Horus was the falcon-headed god whose left eye, "The Eye of Horus", was the moon and whose right eye, "The Eye of Ra", was the sun. There were many different Horus gods though in the main, there were two types: solar and those of Osirian parentage. Haroeris Horus the Elder - the falcon god combined with the deity Wer, God of Light whose eyes wer the sun and the moon. Harakhte Horus of the Horizon - possessing the characteristics of the god of light and identified with Ra as he travelled through the daytime sky from east to west. Harmakhis Horus in the Horizon - the rising sun associated with Khepri as a symbol of ressurection and eternal life. Horsiesis Horus the son of the goddess Isis. The Eye of Horus was used as a protective device and worn as amulets and jewellery or placed, in the form of a plaque, over the embalming incision on mummies. Sometimes the Eye of Horus was painted on the bows of boats so that it could see ahead and protect the vessel. One myth tells of the Eye of Horus and how it was damaged and then healed thus representing the waning and the waxing of the moon.