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Hathor
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HathorThe Sky GoddessPantheon: Egyptian Element: Water Sphere of Influence: Love and Joy Preferred colors: Turquoise, Gold, Copper Associated symbol: Horned cow Animals associated with: Cow Best day to work with: Friday Best Moon phase: Full Moon Best time to work with: Midnight Strongest around Mabon Suitable offerings: Mirrors Associated Planet: Venus |
Hathor is a lover of music, dance, art and inspiration. Her names means "The Dwelling of Horus". She is a protector of mothers and lovers. The Sun-God Horus lay within her breast each dusk and was reborn each dawn. She will act as a muse for those that honor her. She is often depicted with either having a cows head, or a womans head with cow horns. | |
Additional Information on Hathor from WikipediaInformation is unedited and uncheckedImage:Egypt.Hathor.02.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Luxor MuseumIn Egyptian mythology, Hathor ("the house of Horus") was an extremely popular fertility goddess, associated with the cow. Her name refers to her position as the celestial cow which encircles the sky and hawk god, Horus. She was also a goddess of royalty. Her cult was centered in Dendera and was led by priests who were also dancers, song|singers or other artists, for she was a goddess of art as well. Her priests were also oracles and midwife|midwives. She was the mother of Ihy and of Horus. Some academics have suggested a sacred marriage between Hathor and Horus as part of the annual festival at Luxor. In earlier Egyptian mythology, Hathor was portrayed as a cow with a stylized sun between her horns, or a woman wearing a headdress with horns, the stylized sun and sometimes a uraeus. One of the myths of Hathor sees her as the wandering eye of Amun, which he replaced, when Hathor returned he made her into his uraeus. In addition to the cow, Hathor was associated with falcons, cobra (snake)|cobras, lionesses and hippopotamus|hippopotami. image:Hathor_(Egyptian_Mythology).jpg|thumbnail|Dendera Temple She was associated with the menat, the sistrum (a type of rattle), and mirrors, as well as the goddess Sekhmet, Bata and Bastet. She was eventually identified with Isis. Hathor was both the daughter and wife of Ra. Hathor and Ra once argued, and she left Egypt. Ra quickly decided he missed her, but she changed into a cat that destroyed any man or god that approached. Thoth, disguised, eventually succeeded in convincing her to return. ==Other names== *Athor *Het-Hert *Het-Heru *Hwt-Hert This text is made available under the GNU Free Documentation License Agreement. The full text of this article is available for download here. (Hathor) | |