Hathor was the patron goddess of women, love, beauty, pleasure, and music. She is show in three different forms; as a cow, as a woman with the ears of a cow, and as a woman wearing the headdress of a cow’s horns. In this last manifestation, she holds the solar disc between her horns. She was the consort of Horus, and her name actually means “House of Horus.” She had many temples, the most famous of which is at Dendara.
There was a dark side to Hathor. It was believed that Ra sent her to punish the human race for its wickedness, but Hathor caused so much chaos and death on earth that Ra was horrified and determined to bring her back. He tricked her by preparing vast quantities of beer mixed with mandrake and the blood of the slain. Destroying mankind was work that would warrant a drink, so when Hathor drank the beer she became so intoxicated that she could not continue her slaughter
There was a dark side to Hathor. It was believed that Ra sent her to punish the human race for its wickedness, but Hathor caused so much chaos and death on earth that Ra was horrified and determined to bring her back. He tricked her by preparing vast quantities of beer mixed with mandrake and the blood of the slain. Destroying mankind was work that would warrant a drink, so when Hathor drank the beer she became so intoxicated that she could not continue her slaughter