What can you tell me about Hathor, if you know it ?

Question

Do you think that the ancient Hathor is the same as the more rescent Ahathor ?

Answer 1

Hathor

Symbols: cow, lioness, falcon, cobra, hippopotamus, sistrum, musical instruments, drums, pregnant women, mirrors, cosmetics

Depiction: Hathor was depicted as a woman with the head of a cow, as a cow, or as a woman wearing cow horns and holding a solar disk. The Hathors, who served a similar role as the Fates in ancient Greek mythology, were depicted as seven young women who wore the headdress of Hathor, horns and the solar disk. The women played tambourines.

Mythology: In some myths, Hathor is the mother of Horus and thus each queen of Egypt was identified with her. The name Hathor means “house of Horus.”

In Dendera, her cult center, Hathor was considered the goddess of fertility and childbirth and in Thebes she was considered the goddess of the dead.

Answer 2

Hathor was an egyptian goddess, known as the eye of the sun. She took the form of a cow, and was known to be very temperamental. She was also considered to be a goddess of fate, for the Nine Hathors were believed to have appeared at an infant's birth to declare their fate...

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathor
primarily a goddess of fertility, one made of stone.