| The carved head that is on the handle of the sistrum, is Hathor, the goddess of music. |
| Women were great musicians, playing on many instruments, especially the sistrum, sacred to the goddess Hathor. |
| The destructive Sekhmet avatar of Hathor is represented as a fierce lion-headed goddess of war wading in blood. |
| Hathor was the daughter of these waters, as Aphrodite was sprung from the sea-foam. |
| The whole concept of the sacred cow thing was part of the religion of Hathor, sometimes called Hathoru. |
| Horus was in fact the son of Osiris and Hathor, from whom he derived his attributes. |
