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Egyptian goddess of mirth
Answer for the clue "Egyptian goddess of mirth ", 6 letters:
hathor
Word definitions for hathor in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
goddess of love and joy in ancient Egypt, from Greek Hathor, from Egyptian Het-Hert, literally "the house above," or possibly Het-Heru "house of Horus."
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hathor ( or ; Egyptian : ; in , meaning "mansion of Horus ") is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of joy, feminine love, and motherhood. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt. ...
Usage examples of hathor.
Right then and there Hathor decided it was about time that Anubis learn his next lesson.
Nephthys left Kebehut in the care of Hathor in order to attend, to see how Anubis would fare.
There were several such trees in the Memphite nome, and in the Letopolite nome from Dashur to Gizeh, inhabited, as every one knew, by detached doubles of Nuit and Hathor.
His hat, lifted from his head by the vigor of his movement, floated around for a few seconds and then dropped onto the head of Sat Hathor, the Chantress of Amon.
It could only be a party of tourists, looking for some unusual experience, egged on by one of the enterprising dragomen who had invented the Hathor story.
Nefer had ordered twenty light galleys and as many smaller boats to patrol all the open waters within three miles of the temple of Hathor, and to chase up any waterbirds that settled.
Surrounded by a full retinue of guards, Hathor marched through the docking station to board her ship.
She estimated that it might take the troupe ten days or more to reach Thebes and prostrated herself on the deck to pray to Hathor that her warning would not arrive too late.