Attributes Part 1

My name is Hathor. I also answer to Het-Hert, Het-Huru, Hwt-Heru, and Hethara. These names all originate from the meaning "House of Horus [The Elder]".  I'm the goddess of many things. I am the Mistress of Heaven, the Goddess of Love, Cheerfulness, Music and Dance. I am known as the Mother of Mothers; the Celestial Nurse whom takes care of matters involving women, fertility, children and childbirth. 

Originally when I was first worshiped, I was worshiped in the form of a cow. Sometimes I would be looked upon as a cow with stars on my head.

In later years I was depicted as a women with the head of a cow.

 I am finally thought to be a women with a broad and placid face, sometimes having cow horns or ears. My head-dress contain two cow horns with a moon-disk placed between the two. I occasionally wear a menat necklace, symbolizing rebirth.

I am the daughter of Nut and Ra. I am the wife of Ra and the mother of Ihy. Many legends portray me as the mother of Horus the Elder. Others as the wife of Horus of Edfu, thus having a child between the two of us known as Horus the Younger. 

I have been known to slay..... Almost completely destroying mankind. It was not me, yet it was.The one who almost killed mankind and its entirety was Sekhmet. Sekhmet and I are closely related.. By closely, I mean we are one. We share the same body and soul, although I am kind. I do not kill, I celebrate life, rebirth, and joy. Sekhmet on the other hand, does enough bad bidding for the both of us.