Hathor
(Ancient Egyptian God)
Hathor, in Egyptian mythology, goddess of the sky and queen
of heaven. Daughter of the sun god Ra and wife of the sky god
Horus, she was the goddess of fertility and patron of women and
marriage. She was also the goddess of love and beauty; for this
reason, she was identified often with the Greek goddess
Aphrodite. Worshiped throughout Egypt, she was often represented
as a star-studded cow or as a woman with a cow's head. Her name
also appears as Athor or Athyr.
Suggested Reading: Legends of the
Egyptian Gods ; by Sir E.A.Wallis Budge, Dover
Publications, Inc. (1994).