To the Egyptians, the cow was divine and not sacrificed.
Hathor is the ancient Egyptian deity considered as the cow-goddess or sky-goddess.
The ancient Egyptian deity that was considered the cow-goddess is Hathor.
Hathor's sacred animal is the cow.
Hathor is often depicted with the head of a cow.
the cow is the symbol of Hathor
Hathor is an Egyptian goddess -- so she is normally drawn with the head of a woman... Yet, she is also drawn with the head of a cow.. so either way she would be considered a female..
In ancient Egypt, Hathor was originally a personification of the Milky Way, which was seen as the milk that flowed from the udders of a heavenly cow. Hathor was an ancient goddess, and was worshipped as a cow-deity.
Hathor wearing her headdress, a pair of cow horns with a sun disk and snake.
The cow represented Hathor. Hathor was the goddess of cows, music, and motherhood.
There are several things associated with the goddess Hathor (hieroglyphs: Hwt Hr): the sun-disk, cow horns, the "Hathor pillar", the sistrum (a type of rattle) and several more.She is shown as a human-headed goddess with the sun disk and cow horns on her head, or as a female head with cow ears, or as a cow-headed goddess, or in the form of a complete cow. In various parts of Egypt she was considered to be a sky-goddess, a tree-goddess, goddess of women, or the goddess of the necropolis (city of tombs).The links below take you to images of some of the items associated with Hathor:
Hathor was the goddess of denderah and also known as the mother of the pharoah.She was also known as the ears of a cow.
The Goddess Hathor was represented by the Cow, she can usually be recognised by the Solar Disc Headress and the Cow Horns that she wears although this could also be used to represent Isis sometimes. She was known as the Goddess of love, motherhood and also of music and joy. The Greeks and Romans also worshipped Hathor in the forms of Aphrodite & Venus. ...John...