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Symbol of Hathor

Symbol of Hathor

Symbol of Hathor - Egyptian hieroglyph depicting the headdress of Hathor, the goddess of love, beauty and fertility. This sign represents a solar disk surrounded by horns.

The horns are visible because the goddess was originally represented as a cow, and then as a woman with a cow's head.

Hathor is the equivalent of the Roman goddess Venus or the Greek Aphrodite.

As with the Venus emblem, the Sign of Hathor is often depicted or in the form of a mirror.