Hatheror

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Hatheror has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Bible Recap (Feb 2026). An Egyptian goddess targeted by one of the plagues, demonstrating God's supremacy over false gods.

Hathor was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky god Horus and the sun god Ra, both of whom were connected with kingship, and thus she was the symbolic mother of their earthly representatives, the pharaohs. She was one of several goddesses who acted as the Eye of Ra, Ra's feminine counterpart, and in this form, she had a vengeful aspect that protected him from his enemies. Her beneficent side repr