Composite image of Hathor's most common iconography, based partly on images from the tomb of Nefertari
Name in hieroglyphs
Egyptian: ḥwt-ḥr
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Major cult center
Dendera
Memphis
Parents
Ra
Consort
Ra
Horus
Atum
Amun
Khonsu
Offspring
Ihy, Neferhotep of Hu, Ra (Cycle Of Rebirth)
Hathor (Ancient Egyptian: ḥwt-ḥr, lit. 'House of Horus', Ancient Greek: ἉθώρHathōr, Coptic: ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ, Meroitic: 𐦠𐦴𐦫𐦢 Atari) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky god Horus and the sun god Ra, both of whom were connected with kingship, and thus she was the symbolic mother of their earthly representatives, the pharaohs. She was one of several goddesses who acted as the Eye of Ra, Ra's feminine counterpart, and in this form, she had a vengeful aspect that protected him from his enemies. Her beneficent side represented music, dance, joy, love, sexuality, and maternal care, and she acted as the consort of several male deities and the mother of their sons. These two aspects of the goddess exemplified the Egyptian conception of femininity. Hathor crossed boundaries between worlds, helping deceased souls in the transition to the afterlife.
Hathor was often depicted as a cow, symbolizing her maternal and celestial aspect, although her most common form was a woman wearing a headdress of cow horns and a sun disk. She could also be represented as a lioness, a cobra, or a sycamore tree.
Cattle goddesses similar to Hathor were portrayed in Egyptian art in the fourth millennium BC, but she may not have appeared until the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC). With the patronage of Old Kingdom rulers, she became one of Egypt's most important deities. More temples were dedicated to her than to any other goddess; her most prominent temple was Dendera in Upper Egypt. She was also worshipped in the temples of her male consorts. The Egyptians connected her with foreign lands, such as Nubia and Canaan, and their valuable goods, such as incense and semiprecious stones, and some of the peoples in those lands adopted her worship. In Egypt, she was one of the deities commonly invoked in private prayers and votive offerings, particularly by women desiring children.
During the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC), goddesses such as Mut and Isis encroached on Hathor's position in royal ideology, but she remained one of the most widely worshipped deities. After the end of the New Kingdom, Hathor was increasingly overshadowed by Isis, but she continued to be venerated until the extinction of ancient Egyptian religion in the early centuries AD.
depicts Pepi I offering a statuette of the God Ihy to four images of Hathor. (Hathor is understood to be Ihy's mother.) In the crypt accessible from the...
Ptolemy XII before Hathor and Philae, at the Hathor Temple, Dendera, which he built in 54 BC. Ptolemy XII before Isis and Osiris, at the Hathor Temple, Dendera...
Hathor 14 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 16 The fifteenth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day...
Hathor 13 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 15 The fourteenth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day...
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Hathor 28 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 30 The twenty-ninth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this...
Hathor 19 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 21 The twentieth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day...
Hathor 4 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 6 The fifth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds...
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Hathor 16 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 18 The seventeenth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this...
Hathor 27 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 29 The twenty-eighth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this...
Hathor 9 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 11 The tenth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds...
Hathor 5 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 7 The sixth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds...
Hathor 8 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 10 The ninth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds...
Hathor 26 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 28 The twenty-seventh day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this...
Hathor 1 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 3 The second day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds...
Hathor 10 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 12 The eleventh day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day...
Hathor 20 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 22 The twenty-first day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this...
Hathor 7 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 9 The eighth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds...
Hathor 11 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 13 The twelfth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day...
Hathor 25 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 27 The twenty-sixth day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this...
Hathor 21 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 23 The twenty-second day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this...
Kowal in 1976, it was later named after the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor. Hathor was discovered on 22 October 1976, by American astronomer Charles Kowal...
Hathor 2 – Coptic calendar – Hathor 4 The third day of the Coptic month of Hathor, the third month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds...
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