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Why Is Hathor Important

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Hathor was well known as the goddess of the sky,love,fertility,music,and dance. Hathor was also well known as a mother goddess, who created and maintained all life on Earth. She also provided food to the dead in the underworld and anyone who carried her clothing, would have a safe journey to the underworld. She is usually portrayed as a woman with a cow head and horns and a sun plate in between her horns. Hathor had more interesting facts butt that is just some of them.

If the Egyptians didn't have Hathor, the Egyptians wouldn't have love and nobody would love each other and nobody would be married. If they didn't have a sky the egyptians wouldn't have rain and without rain they couldn't have anything to water their crops and drink. If they didn't have fertility, nobody would be born or even alive. If they didn't have music or dance some people wouldn't be able to talk, because people started talking with music, and dance. That is only some of the reasons Hathor was important. …show more content…

She was nicknamed milky way because she was a cow and cows make milk. She was worshiped during the third millennium B.C. Hathor was related to 6 people. Hathor was in fact depicted until the 4th dynasty. It was recognized as well as the cow deity. Hathor was considered to be the daughter of Ra but there was also information that Hathor was Ra’s mother. And she was married to

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