Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility, motherhood, and music, often depicted as a woman with the head or horns of a cow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Egypt, myth., a divinity, the female counterpart of Osiris, patroness of the cow: usually represented with the head and horns of a cow surmounted with the solar disk.
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- proper noun One of the 'daughters' of
Ra , who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. Also known as the 'eye of Ra'.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I'm still trying to decide whether Hathor is hawt or just ridiculous, especially later once she gets more, um, comfortable.
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The two objects suspended from the belt between the heads recall Hathor's sistra 153
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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Lady, the Goddess of Love, she, whom in Egypt you name Hathor, has made me her slave, so that I no longer think of pomp or power or wealth, or of other women, but of you and you only.
Morning Star Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Idalia, whom in this land ye name Hathor, and she bade me go forth and do her will.
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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The Egyptians called her Hathor, Quaddesha and Aset.
Sense & Sensuality 2009
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The Egyptians called her Hathor, Quaddesha and Aset.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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But the earliest extant building in the compound today is the Mammisi raised by Nectanebo II - last of the native pharaohs (360-343 BC) The main features are the Temple of the birth of Isis, Scared Lake, Sanatorium, Mammisi of Nectanebo II, Christian Basilica, Roman Mammisi, a Bark shine, Gateways of Domitian & Trajan and the Roman Kiosk - but the all overshadowing building in the Complex is the main temple, namely Hathor temple. and the Dendera Zodiac came from there ...
BC Bloggers 2009
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He threw the "Hathor" as it chanced, the lucky cast, two sixes, and a thought of better fortune came to him.
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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The two objects suspended from the belt between the heads recall Hathor's sistra.]
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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Khem and thou wert with it, and with thee she who is called the Hathor, that Goddess whom thou desirest. "
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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