The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Hathor
(hth´ôr) (KEY) , in Egyptian religion, celestial goddess of love and festivity. The personification of the sky, she was represented as a star-studded cow or as a woman with the head of a cow. She was identified with many other goddesses of fertility and love, such as Aphrodite. Her name also appears as Athor.