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She was known as the mother of god and the daughter of god, the eye of god, the creatrix of the rays of the sun, the embodiment of the circular essence of life. She was the Lady of the Limit or the one who spreads to the edge of the universe and the Lady of the West who welcomed souls to the afterlife. She was the goddess of fertility and assisted women in childbirth. She was Hathor the Celestial Cow whose legs formed the pillars of the sky and the Milky Way ran across her belly. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"1582","attributes":{"alt":"Hathor","class":"media-image","height":"412","style":"width: 283px; height: 412px; margin: 10px; float: left;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"283"}}]] It is believed that the worship of Hathor dates to pre-dynastic times and in fact she