Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Hathor
Hathorhăth'ôr, in Egyptian religion, celestial goddess of love and festivity. The personification of the sky, she was represented as a star-studded cow or as a woman with the head of a cow. She was identified with many other goddesses of fertility and love, such as Aphrodite. Her name also appears as Athor.
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Hathor , "Hathor and Thoth: two key figures of the ancient Egyptian religion", Claas Jouco Bleeker, p22-102, BRILL, 1973, ISBN 9789004037342 , was an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt. Hathor was worshiped by Royalty and common people alike in whose tombs she is depicted as “Mistress of the West” welcoming the dead into the next life. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Lorna Oakes, Southwater, p157-159, ISBN 1-84476-279-3 . In other roles she was a goddess of music, dance, foreign lands and...more »
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- Dendara
Dendara or Dendera, town, N Egypt, on the Nile River. Nearby is the site of the ancient Greek city of Tentyra. There is a large, well-preserved temple of Hathor (1st cent. B.C.), which contain...
- Egyptian religion
Egyptian religion, the religious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Egypt. Information concerning ancient Egyptian religion is abundant but unsatisfactory. Only certain parts of Egyptian re...
