Horus was the son of the Gods, Isis and Osiris, and was presented as a falcon or as a man with a falcon’s head. He was a sky God associated with hunting and war. He was also the embodiment of the divine kingship. Horus was raised to avenge his father’s murder by his uncle Seth. According to the myths, he lost his left eye fighting Seth, but was magically healed by the God Thoth. Since his eyes were associated with the sun and the moon, the loss and restoration of his left eye gave a mythical explanation for the phases of the moon to the Egyptians.