Hathor

Title
Divine Cow goddess The Mistress of Life The Great Wild Cow The Golden One lady of Malachite Denderah Sinai deserts Female - Cow Ra ing of gods !"t the s y goddess Ra-#ora hty $hy - the sistr"m %layer

Cult Center

Gender Father Mother Consort Hathor Goddess . Sons And Daughters Patron Dominion Dedicated Temples Appearance

#ealing& M"sic& women' love' (oy and se)

- The Denderah tem%le was a center for healing& with a hos%ital*sanato - +," Sim,el Small tem%le Woman with the ears of cow Cow Woman with horns and s"n dis

Historical Developments

The Golden Snake He re! "eligion

- #er worshi% was wides%read even in the -arly Dynastic .eriod ,eca - #athor re%resents the feminine %rinci%le& as reflected in several of he as the mil that flowed from the "dders of a divine cow' #athor/s %riesthood was "n"s"al they were ,oth women and men& thos - #athor %ersonifies the soft as%ects of the female forms in contrast wi - Great Royal 0"eens were sometimes de%icted as #athor - #athor c"lt s"rvived the massive religio"s reformations of the !ew 1 of +m"n of his wife M"t& th"s while many other gods and goddesses w s"rvived as a strong inde%endent goddess well "ntil the introd"ction o

- #athor was the Lady of malachite& which was connected to health an

She was widely worshi%%ed in the mining regions of Sinai& and %rotec worshi%ed there3 - D"ring the develo%ment of the new #e,rew religion& Moses ordered while illing 5666 followers of her c"lt #e ordered the erection of a shrine dedicated to the 4Golden Sna e4 in lac ed the other female as%ects of the 4Golden Calf4& s"ch as love and sym,ols of h"man wea ness #athor originally wears the head-dress of 78 ser%ents& Moses removed - 9nfort"nately this conce%t %ersisted in the later develo%ment of Chri se) and (oy contin"ed to ,e ,anned & es%ecially in $slam which esta,li were considered the soft as%ects of h"man wea ness - +fter this ,an on the h"man attri,"tes of #athor& the new monotheist as%ects h"man feelings3 - Other gods melted down in a nat"ral evol"tion of h"man mythology& the e)cessive "se of force and intimidation $n fact we may ass"me that today/s li,erals in society are new 4worshi

Greek #$uivalent

+%hrodite& goddess of love and ,ea"ty