What is Hathor the goddess of?
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love, joy and music
Hathor brings love, dance, music and joy in life and also welcomes the dead in the west.
💡 Did you know? Her instrument was the sistrum, a sacred rattle used to invoke her at festivals.
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As which animal is Hathor often depicted?
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as a cow
Hathor appears as a cow or a woman with cow's horns cradling the sun disk.
💡 Did you know? As „Lady of Turquoise“ she was also patron of the miners of the Sinai.
What double role does Hathor combine?
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joy in life and comfort in death
Hathor gives the living joy and kindly receives the dead in the afterlife.
💡 Did you know? In her wrathful form, however, Hathor could turn into the murderous lioness Sekhmet.
Which sacred instrument belongs to Hathor?
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the sistrum
The sistrum, a metal rattle, was shaken at Hathor's festivals to please her.
💡 Did you know? Its sound was meant to drive off evil powers and win the goddess's favour.
In what form does Hathor nourish the world?
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as a celestial cow
As the great celestial cow, Hathor gives milk and life and even suckles the king.
💡 Did you know? In images the Hathor cow suckles the pharaoh to make him divine.
As „Lady of Turquoise,“ whom did Hathor protect?
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the miners
As „Lady of Turquoise,“ Hathor protected the miners of the Sinai.
💡 Did you know? Foreign lands and distant trade destinations too stood under her protection.
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