Lady of Gold
Greek name: Hathor
Meaning: Het-Hert "House above"
Het-Her "House of Heru (Horus)"
Sacred Number: 7 & 9
City: Dendera (generally worshipped all over Egypt)
Relationship to Netjeru: Daughter of Ra & Nut
Consort: Heru of Edfu
Offspring: Heru the Younger, Ihy, theSistrum Player
Sacred Animal: lioness, cobra, cow, falcon, hippopotamus
Sacred Symbols: papyrus reed, snake, sistrum
Direction: West
Colors: red, pink, blue& green
Stones: lapis, turquoise, malachite, falcon's eye (blue tigers' eye), & bloodstone
Metal: Gold (some sillver as many items are now made in this material)
Offerings: music,flowers, pomegranates, wine, mirrors, milk
Titles: (only a few) Lady of Turquoise, Lady of Lapis, Eye of Ra, Daughter of Ra, the divine Cow, Lady of Gold
Know for: music, dance, pleasure, love, beauty, fertility & intoxication (see story: The Destruction of Mankind)
Hymns to Het-Hert
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8/29 Birth of HetHert
9/17 Feast of HetHert
9/21 Honors HetHert
10/4 Festival of HetHert
10/21 HetHert goes forth to her people
10/29 going forth of HetHert & the Ennead
11/2 feast of HetHert
11/28 Feast of HetHert
12/23 Feast day of HetHert
1/23 Day of HetHert
4/1 Day of HetHert
5/19 HetHert returns to Punt
5/21 sailing of Netjers after HetHert
(note: these festival dates are for historical interest and entertainment purposes since the dates changed from year to year due to the flooding of the NIle and the calculating of Sirius.)
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Em Heset Net Het-Hertt!
(be in favor with Het-Hert)
Abdel Maged Abdallah "Raheeb"
graphics provided by:
Neferchichi's Tomb
(was Tomb of the Chihuahau Pharoahs)
Start Date: 3/17/2001
Last Update: 3/30/2001
