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Description:
FActs & History:
A Other Names: Het-Hert, Hetheru
Patron of: the sky, the sun, the queen, music, dance and the arts.
Appearance: A woman in queenly raiment wearing the sun disk and horns on her head.
Depictions of her as a woman with a cow's head do not occur until later periods.
Description: Hathor is a very ancient goddess, dating to predynastic times. When
dynastic rule began, as Horus was associated with the king, Hathor was with the
queen. Her name translates to "The House of Horus," and so she is associated with
the royal family. But also, as the entire world could be said to be the House of
Horus, Hathor can be seen as the mother-goddess of the whole world, similar to
Isis.
Hathor's cult is unusual; as both men and women were her priests (most deities had
clerics of the same gender as they). Many of them were artisans, musicians, and
dancers who turned their talents into creating rituals that were nothing short of
works of art. Music and dance were part of the worship of Hathor like no other
deity in Egypt. Hathor herself was the incarnation of dance, and stories were told
of how Hathor danced before Ra when he was in despair to cheer him up.
Worship: Worshipped throughout all of Egypt, her cult center was at Dendera in
Upper Egypt.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: 18 |
| Condition:
good |
Year:
circa 1900
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| Country:
USA |
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| Height:
9 in. (22.86 cm) |
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Width: 7 in. (17.78 cm)
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Weight: 10 |
| Title:
Ancient Egyptian Goddess Hathor Lady of the West 10 LB |
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| Materials:
FAIENCE |
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