# Hathor — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hathor-whe-definition-discussion/16217>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [September 2, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hathor-whe-definition-discussion/16217 "2009-09-02T00:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hathor-whe-definition-discussion/16217/1 "2009-09-02T00:00:00Z")

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Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated, later, with Isis and, earlier, with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. She is usually depicted as a woman with the head of a cow, ears of a cow, or simply in cow form.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Hathor/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hathor/)._

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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/hathor-whe-definition-discussion/16217/2 "2026-07-30T17:24:39Z")

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