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HathorByJeffDahl

Hathor was a major Egyptian goddess, who held domain over love, fertility, cattle, women, motherhood, health, music, and dance.

She was described as beautiful woman with a sun disc on he head, which led her often to be confused with the goddess Isis. She also sometimes depicted with the head of a cow, as a cow entirely. Her alter ego is Sekhmet, the goddess of war and violence.

Her father was the sun-god Ra and she was a consort to the god Horus, with whom she had a child named Ihy. She also sometimes seen as the consort of the gods AtumAmun or Khonsu.

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