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Sparda
05-29-2010, 05:05 PM
I was looking at some insence and insence burners and came across http://www.azuregreen.com/inlaid-eye-of-horus-box.html, like the title says, Wtf?
addamsfamily36
05-29-2010, 05:14 PM
why the wtf?

Its the symbol of the eygptian god of war horus.
Sparda
05-29-2010, 06:07 PM
Oh, I knew that. >_>
Bigred
05-29-2010, 06:09 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus

Scroll down a little for the real life eye of Horus symbol.

That one predates Games Workshop by only about 5000 years.
Old_Paladin
05-29-2010, 06:12 PM
Its the symbol of the eygptian god of war horus.

*Gasp*
You don't mean to say that... GW stole the idea from someplace else?

Well, at least the Imperial Eagle is original...
Bigred
05-29-2010, 06:13 PM
This one is pretty good too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nergal
BlackKnight15624
05-29-2010, 07:26 PM
That's IP infringement, that is!

GW should sue the Babylonians and the Egyptians for warping the time/space continuum and stealing their completely original ideas!
gwensdad
05-29-2010, 07:56 PM
hmmm "Perfect for your altar, Perfect for your altar, desk or shelf, it is great for containing herbs, incense, jewelry, Eldar Soulstones, Geneseed-" wait a minute....
DarkLink
05-29-2010, 09:01 PM
Well, at least the Imperial Eagle is original...

Yeah... about that... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-headed_eagle)
eldargal
05-29-2010, 09:20 PM
One of the boys in my gaming group is actually called Horus*. Cautionary tale, if you have a son and you want him named Horace after your father, don't ask your Egyptologist husband to do it without specifying the spelling.


*He plays IG.
jeffersonian000
05-30-2010, 02:49 AM
Yeah, my dad's dad's name was Horus, not Horace, which I always though was cool.

SJ
Spleen_stealer
05-30-2010, 04:33 AM
i was confused, just goes to show my background... i had no clue why you were "WTF" i just saw a tarot card box.
Gotthammer
05-30-2010, 09:01 AM
A lot of the early heresy artwork (around RT) used the 'traditional' eye symbol as a mid heresy symbol.
Madness
05-30-2010, 11:46 AM
One of the boys in my gaming group is actually called Horus*. Cautionary tale, if you have a son and you want him named Horace after your father, don't ask your Egyptologist husband to do it without specifying the spelling.


*He plays IG.

Awesome.
addamsfamily36
05-30-2010, 01:50 PM
little of topic but a friend at my local store who used to come down was called kaine
trjames
05-30-2010, 01:52 PM
don't ask your Egyptologist husband to do it without specifying the spelling.

I work in a museum that has a huge Egyptology component, and my wife is an Egyptologist. Trying to reconcile my notions of Horus with the GW notion of Horus has always been...difficult.
Madness
05-30-2010, 01:56 PM
I work in a museum that has a huge Egyptology component, and my wife is an Egyptologist. Trying to reconcile my notions of Horus with the GW notion of Horus has always been...difficult.And that is why you play thousand sons, khemri and necrons. :P