The religious year (Part 3): Worshipping Hathor.
The month of Hathor saw a concentrated effort on renewing fertility energies in the natural world. Festivals to the male god of sexual energy, and the widow and sister of Osiris dominated the time.
Images and Bibliography at https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/2017/03/31/mini-episode-hathor-festivities/
TEXT of the Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys at http://www.ancient.eu/article/878/
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The religious year (Part 3): Worshipping Hathor.
The month of Hathor saw a concentrated effort on renewing fertility energies in the natural world. Festivals to the male god of sexual energy, and the widow and sister of Osiris dominated the time.
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Select Bibliography:
Toby Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.
UCL – Festival Dates (website)
Ancient Egypt Online – The Calendar (website)
The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys:
Ancient.eu (website)
Ancient Egyptian Literature (pdf)
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