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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 53 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HATHOR , whose name means " See also:

house of See also:Horus,' was at all times a very important deity. She is depicted as a cow, or with a broad human countenance, the cow's ears just showing from under a massive See also:wig. Probably at first a goddess of the See also:sky, she is See also:early mentioned in connexion with Re. Later she was often identified with See also:Isis, and her name was used to designate See also:foreign goddesses like those of Puoni and Byblus. Unlike most See also:cosmic deities, she was worshipped in many localities, See also:chief among which was See also:Dendera, where her magnificent See also:temple, of Ptolemaic date, still stands. " The seven Hathors " is a name given to certain fairies, who appeared shortly after the See also:birth of an See also:infant, and predicted his future.

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