Goddess Hathor

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THE COW-HEADED GODDESS, "HATHOR", IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED DEITIES OF THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN GOD, "RA" AND WORSHIPPED AS THE GODDESS OF OF JOY, ABUNDANCE AND PLEASURE AS WELL AS BEING THE PROTECTOR OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AND THE GUARDIAN SPIRIT OF FEMALE ANIMALS. IN ADDITION, SHE WAS GODDESS OF THE UNDERWORLD WHERE SHE ASSISTED THE DEAD TO BE REBORN AND RULER OF THE SKY AND THE MEDIATING FIGURE BETWEEN THE WORLDS. SHE WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO BE THE ONE WHO CARRIED THE DEAD TO THE UNDERWORLD WHERE SHE WOULD THEN SERVE THEM FOOD AND DRINK. SHE WAS DEPICTED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT GUISES INCLUDING A LIONESS AND A COW, SOMETIMES AS A TREE, AND SOMETIMES AS A WOMAN.

ACCORDING TO A STORY THAT HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE WALLS OF A SHRINE IN "KING TUTANKHAMEN'S" TOMB, "RA", HAD BECOME VERY FEARFUL OF HIS ENEMIES AND ASKED "HATHOR" TO HELP HIM BUT HE HAD NEVER EXPECTED HER REACTION. SHE TOOK ON THE JOB WITH A VENGEANCE AND TURNED INTO "SEKHMET", THE LIONESS GODDESS, AND SEEMED TO ENJOY THE KILLING. "RA, "NOW BECOMING CONCERNED THAT SHE WAS ABOUT TO WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE, HAD A RED DYE MIXED IN ALE AND SPREAD ACROSS THE LAND. "HATHOR", THINKING IT WAS BLOOD, DRANK IT AND BECAME SO INTOXICATED THAT SHE FORGOT ALL ABOUT HER ASSIGNMENT, AND HUMANKIND WAS SAVED. PACIFIED BY THE BEER, SHE RESUMED HER PERSONA AS THE BEAUTIFUL "HATHOR "AND RETURNED TO "RA."

"HATHOR"'S NAME MEANS "'DOMAIN OF HORUS'" WHICH MAY MAKE HER THE ORIGINAL MOTHER OF THE CELESTIAL FALCON. SHE WAS ESSENTIALLY THE BODY IN WHICH THE SOUL RESIDES; HENCE, SHE WAS PATRON OF BODILY PLEASURES...SOUND, SIGHT, ART, COSMETICS, DANCE, MUSIC, AND LOVE. IN FACT, THE WORSHIP OF "HATHOR" WAS SO POPULAR THAT A LOT OF FESTIVALS WERE DEDICATED TO HER HONOR...MORE THAN ANY OTHER EGYPTIAN DEITY. EVEN HER PRIESTHOOD WAS UNUSUAL IN THAT BOTH WOMEN AND MEN BECAME HER PRIESTS, AND AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST GODDESSES, SHE WAS WORSHIPPED FOR MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS. HER FESTIVALS WERE CARNIVALS OF INTOXICATION, WHEREUPON REVELERS BROKE OUT AND THROBBED THROUGH THE STREETS. SHE WAS A MOST BELOVED GODDESS TO HER PEOPLE, AND THEY HELD FAST TO HER PLEASURABLE RITES LONG INTO HISTORICAL TIMES.

IN THE "BOOK OF THE DEAD", THE PAPYRUS OF ANI, WE FIND THE FOLLOWING PRAYER TO HATHOR:

"HATHOR", "LADY OF AMENTET", "THE DWELLER IN THE GREAT LAND", "THE LADY OF TA-TCHESERT", "THE EYE OF RA", "THE DWELLER IN HIS BREAST", "THE BEAUTIFUL FACE IN THE BOAT OF MILLIONS OF YEARS","THE SEAT OF PEACE OF THE DOER OF TRUTH", "DWELLER IN THE BOAT OF THE FAVOURED ONES".....

Suggested ebooks:

Francesca De Grandis - Be A Goddess
Francesca De Grandis - Goddess Initiation

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