Hath•or
(hăthôr, -ər)
(hăthôr, -ər)n.
Mythology
Mythology
An ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility, motherhood, and music, often depicted as a woman with the head or horns of a cow.
[Egyptianḥwt-ḥr, Hathor (literally, enclosure of Horus) : ḥwt, enclosure + ḥr, Horus.]
Hathordetail of a mural painting
from the Tomb of
Amen-her-Khopshef,
Valley of the Queens
Luxor, Egypt