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HATHOR

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 53 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HATHOR  , whose name means "

house of Horus,' was at all times a very important deity . She is depicted as a cow, or with a broad human countenance, the cow's ears just showing from under a massive wig . Probably at first a goddess of the sky, she is early mentioned in connexion with Re . Later she was often identified with Isis, and her name was used to designate
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foreign goddesses like those of Puoni and Byblus . Unlike most cosmic deities, she was worshipped in many localities, chief among which was
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Dendera, where her magnificent temple, of Ptolemaic date, still stands . " The seven Hathors " is a name given to certain fairies, who appeared shortly after the birth of an infant, and predicted his future .

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