Hathor

In Egyptian mythology, Hathor (Egyptian for house of Horus) was originally a personification of the milky way, which was seen as the milk that flowed from the udders of a heavenly cow. Hathor was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least 2700 BC, during the 2nd dynasty, and possibly even by the Scorpion King. The name Hathor refers to the encirclement by her, the milky way, of the sky, and consequently of the god of the sky, Horus. She was originally seen as the daughter of Ra, the creator, whose own cosmic birth was formalised as the Ogdoad cosmogeny.

Egyptian mythology: Egyptian mythology (or Egyptian religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of Christianity and Islam. The timespan involved is nearly three thousand years, and beliefs varied considerably over time....

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Goddess Hathor and King Sethi I	Temple of Hathor Dendera Egypt North Africa	Frescoed Wall of the Shrine of Hathor from Deir el-Bahri	Astrological Planisphere of the Zodiac of Dendarah Temple of Hathor Dendarah Egypt c.1802
Astrological Planisphere of Zodiac of Denderah from chapel ceiling at Temple of Hathor Egypt	Sety I c.1290-1279 BC 19th Dynasty New Kingdom Egyptian Pharaoh with Goddess Hathor