Five Facts About Hathor - Ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Sky
Hathor was pictured as a woman with the head of a cow, ears of a cow, or simply in cow form
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Hathor was the goddess of many things.
She was the goddess of the sky, but also love, beauty, music, dancing, motherhood, and joy. She was sometimes called the "Lady of Heaven."
Hathor had the head of a cow.
Hathor was pictured as a woman with the head of a cow, ears of a cow, or simply in cow form.
The sun god Ra was her son.
Hathor was the mother of Ra, the sun god, and sailed across the sky each day in his boat as the sun traveled from east to west.
She drove away evil with a rattle.
Ancient Egyptians loved Hathor because she drove away evil by playing a rattle-like instrument called a sistrum and brought happiness, music, and celebration to their lives.
Hathor visited her husband once a year.
During the annual Festival of the Beautiful Reunion it was believed that Hathor renuited with her husband Horus and her statue would be taken by ship from her temple at Dendera to the Temple of Horus in Edfu.
