HathorEgyptian cow goddess. Also called: Athyr, Hethert,
Het-heru ("the House of Hours"), Het-Hert ("the House Above"). Often
equated with Isis. Greeks identified her with Aphrodite (their goddess of
love).
She is either a cow or in human form wearing a crown of a sun disk
held between the horns of a cow.
Daughter of Nut and Ra. She was considered the goddess of the dead
under the title of the "Lady of the West". She was also (by various
cults) the patron of love, dance, alcohol, sky goddess, protectress of
Hours, fertility, of women, childbirth, and foreign lands. Hathor was
often regarded as the mother of the Egyptian pharaoh, who styled himself
the "son of Hathor".
Symbols: cow, lioness, falcon, cobra, hippopotamus, papyrus reed,
the snake, musical instruments, Egyptian rattle known as the sistrum,
drums, pregnant women, mirrors, cosmetics
The legend of the Eye of Ra
Ra felt humanity no longer respecting him, after consulting with
other gods, he decided to punish them. He projected rays from his eye
which killed all who could seen. Many died, some hid in the shadows where
the eye could not reach them.
Ra sent the Eye of Ra in the form of Hathor to destroy humanity.
Hathor went down into the dark places and killed many humans. She got a
"Blood Lust" and planned to kill more.
Ra changed his mind, he only wanted humans to respect him. In order to
stop Hathor Ra flooded the fields with beer, dyed red to look like
blood.
Hathor stopped to drink the beer, and, having become intoxicated,
never carried out her deadly mission.
