Goddess Hathor Menat:
There are many Menat, some very simple and others complicated, they were used to show the relation of the user towers goddess Hathor worshiping matters that had an strong relation to the knowledge of the skies.
This particular Menat is a drawing of one of the Louvre Museum’s Menat collection in Paris. This Menat probably was shining gold as Hathor was known “The Golden One” but now is almost totally green as time has almost remove its gold plate than can be perceive in its lower part nevertheless the gold color was added to gave it its likely look and be able to appreciate it structure much better.
The Menat was not made two simple to be understand as its knowledge was kept in secret, so there is the reason to take the center apart and the Hathor’s figures as they were a title worn out were replaced by other with colors but maintaining the same indicative symbolism.
Therefore the general for of the Menat is oval as it was appreciate the yearly trajectory of the Sun in the Easter or Western sky during the whole year.
There are four representations of Hathor, the one on top she is represented as a cow hors crowned serpent. Apparently representing as the stars mechanics of the sky as she was also known as the “lady of the Stars”.
She is represented also as A face over four columns, A face of a deity in ancient Egypt represented the sky, matching the meaning of Her usual name “House or Temple of Heru or Horus” as it is show by the hieroglyph below.
Is shown as a woman to show her presence in this world; As pharaohs took the spirit of Heru or Horus to become gods and govern their people and kingdom, his wife took the spirit of Hathor as well to play her roll in this world.
Finally she is seem in a round world below as a cow, as she was the deceased helper and a cow in ancient Egypt as they were an agricultural society lacking multiple mechanical assistance and besides that the cow provided nourishment and other advantages it was of tremendous help for every days events, so they gave her that form in the afterworld as a symbol that greatly represent it great compensation.
There are many Menat, some very simple and others complicated, they were used to show the relation of the user towers goddess Hathor worshiping matters that had an strong relation to the knowledge of the skies.
This particular Menat is a drawing of one of the Louvre Museum’s Menat collection in Paris. This Menat probably was shining gold as Hathor was known “The Golden One” but now is almost totally green as time has almost remove its gold plate than can be perceive in its lower part nevertheless the gold color was added to gave it its likely look and be able to appreciate it structure much better.
The Menat was not made two simple to be understand as its knowledge was kept in secret, so there is the reason to take the center apart and the Hathor’s figures as they were a title worn out were replaced by other with colors but maintaining the same indicative symbolism.
Therefore the general for of the Menat is oval as it was appreciate the yearly trajectory of the Sun in the Easter or Western sky during the whole year.
There are four representations of Hathor, the one on top she is represented as a cow hors crowned serpent. Apparently representing as the stars mechanics of the sky as she was also known as the “lady of the Stars”.
She is represented also as A face over four columns, A face of a deity in ancient Egypt represented the sky, matching the meaning of Her usual name “House or Temple of Heru or Horus” as it is show by the hieroglyph below.
Is shown as a woman to show her presence in this world; As pharaohs took the spirit of Heru or Horus to become gods and govern their people and kingdom, his wife took the spirit of Hathor as well to play her roll in this world.
Finally she is seem in a round world below as a cow, as she was the deceased helper and a cow in ancient Egypt as they were an agricultural society lacking multiple mechanical assistance and besides that the cow provided nourishment and other advantages it was of tremendous help for every days events, so they gave her that form in the afterworld as a symbol that greatly represent it great compensation.
