Hathor was once the most loved and pre-eminent goddess of
Egypt. An ancient goddess, “Hathor…who descends from the primeval age”
soon held all Egyptians in her loving embrace.[2]
She was one of the most accessible of the deities so it was unsurprising that
she was a favourite. Her cult, and encounters with her, were full of music, love&nbsp;and laughter. No stern, demanding deity she rejoiced in her followers’
happiness and many could say “she placed joy in my heart”.[3]

People who are aware of Hathor today usually think of her as
the cow&nbsp;goddess but that is only one of her many faces. She is a sky&nbsp;and solar&nbsp;goddess as well as a tree&nbsp;goddess. Some are uncomfortable with the concept of a solar
goddess, having grown up with Celtic and Greco-Roman influences. Let Hathor “the
Golden One” persuade you otherwise.[4]
She was present at birth&nbsp;and nurtured and protected everyone, at all levels of
society, during life and then midwifed them into the afterlife. A truly universal goddess, she took merchants&nbsp;and travellers&nbsp;under her protection as well as all of the
foreigners&nbsp;who inhabited the lesser world outside of Egypt. 

Her demise brought the eclipse of a Golden Goddess. Over the millennia we have lost contact with this dynamic, independent and woman-loving
Goddess. The aim of this book is to reintroduce you to “the sovereign, the
powerful goddess, whose ba&nbsp;is powerful, beautiful of face, sweet of
loveliness, splendid of appearance among the gods”.[5]

Sekhmet, the lioness&nbsp;goddess and daughter of the sun&nbsp;god, is covered in this book both as an aspect of Hathor and as a goddess in her
own right. The cat&nbsp;goddess Bastet&nbsp;is often considered an alter-ego and benign
aspect of Sekhmet or Hathor. I have chosen not to cover Bastet in detail for
two reasons. Whilst she can be aligned with Hathor, I do not feel that she has
the same connection as Sekhmet does. The second consideration is that a book
has to have defined boundaries and the Egyptian goddesses are very fluid,
flowing cobra-like from one form to the next. My focus has to remain on
Hathor.

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