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Contents 1 Oversimplification 2 Pronunciation 3 Redirect? 4 Vandalism? 5 Hathor in article 6 Questionable statement 7 Photos 8 Very nicely composed article 9 Hathor in popular culture

[edit] Oversimplification

This entire sentence is not only uncited but also over simplifies the diversity of Neopaganism: "Some Neo-Pagans have recently adopted Hathor as a goddess." Now if it had mentioned Kemetic reconstructionism, or something similar with cited sources maybe it wouldn't be such a problem. Xuchilbara 02:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

Would someone kindly provide a pronunciation of Hathor? Thanks! Robert K S 05:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

According to her Encyclopedia Mythica entry, it's "hat'hor". --Redeagle688 00:51, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

In Tutenstein and Stargate SG-1 the name is pronounced "Hah-Thor (Hah, like in Ha-ha, and Thor, like in the Norse god).Tutthoth-Ankhre (talk) 20:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect?

Meh redirects here. Is that needed? DemonThing 06:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, its a name she was known under. It is one of the various transliterations of the various spellings of the Egyptian word for beloved. --Victim of signature fascism 22:18, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

What about the 'Meh' used as an interjection? pixels 18:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

Isn't this considered vandalism?

(This has made certain readers believe that the sun god was extremley perverted, which may be true)

under Fertility Goddess.

I removed "She was beautiful i miss her vagina around my cock" from the article. This was posted from IP 76.0.31.207. This is a clear case of Vandalism. --Damnedmage 11:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hathor in article

Hi I would like to use certain parts of this Hathor article in an article that possibly will be published in an academic bulletin. I used certain parts, but I also found out other sources on which this article is based in Wikipedia (for instance Bleeker 1973: Hathor and Thoth and Pinch 1993: Vorive offerings to Hathor.

Should I refer to Wikipedia beside my own "official" references?

Wallis

[edit] Questionable statement

"Adherents of Ganesh at his Dublin shrine firmly believe Hathor to be the elephant god's arch enemy." Not only is this unsourced, but the whole underlying idea of it, considering that Ganesh is a Hindu god, makes me wonder if it should be treated as outright vandalism. --Redeagle688 00:51, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I removed a part that said that as a goddess of fertility she "readily strips naked", which seems totally innapropiate and might have come from someone who laughs nervously at the mention of "fertility".

In the article it states that Horus was belived to be the son of Hathor. In truth he was the son of Isis. This can be attribued to Hathor being idendfied with Nephysis, who was the twin sister of Isis, but is still not technically true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eternalsiara (talk • contribs) 22:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

Some photo's of Hathor temple if you are interested in using them Merlin-UK 18:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Temple of Hathor,Dendera	Temple of Hathor, Dendera	Temple of Hathor, Dendera	Temple of Hathor, Dendera
Temple of Hathor, Dendera	Temple of Hathor, Dendera	Temple of Hathor, Dendera	Bes at the Temple of Hathor, Dendera

[edit] Very nicely composed article

The way this article is constructed is really nice.

Best regards, Phalanx Pursos11:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hathor in popular culture

Eternal X, one of the biggest Marathon's total conversions to date, has a major "goddess-like" AI character that goes by the name of Hathor. Is such reference acceptable for this article?

JohnnyTheWolf (talk) 18:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)