Hathor

American  

[hath-awr, -er] / ˈhæθ ɔr, -ər /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. the goddess of love and joy, often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.

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Hathor British  

/ ˈhæθɔː, -ˈθɒr-, hæˈθɔːrɪk /

noun

1. (in ancient Egyptian religion) the mother of Horus and goddess of creation

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Other Word Forms

• Hathoric adjective

Example Sentences

A French team cut the Dendera Zodiac, an ancient Egyptian celestial map, from the Temple of Hathor in Upper Egypt in 1821.

From BBC

But Halsey has replaced the images of the Egyptian goddess Hathor on the original with likenesses of South Central artist-friends.

From New York Times

The artefacts were found near the Hathor Temple, one of Egypt's best-preserved ancient sites.

From BBC

The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor, along with a headless statue of the architect Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said.

From Washington Post

The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor along with a headless statue of the architect Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said on Monday.

From Reuters