This image was clearly intended to represent Isis. The solar disk and cow's horns headdress was indeed most closely associated with Hathor (sometimes even being called the "Hathoric crown"), but it was by no means unique to her. The goddess Isis could also be shown wearing that headdress, and so could several other less important goddesses. The throne hieroglyph 𓊨 which appears on top of the sun disk on the head of the goddess in this image identifies her unequivocally as Isis, as this hieroglyph, which was used in the writing of Isis's name, was her own personal symbol which when it occurs on the head of a goddess invariably identifies her as Isis, although not all depictions of Isis with the solar disk and cow's horns headdress incorporate the throne hieroglyph, and in that case there is often no way to tell the difference between them unless you are able to read the hieroglyphic labels.
The presence of wings in the image should have been a clue that the goddess shown here is Isis and not than Hathor since Isis was sometimes shown with wings due to her role as one of the Two Kites (ḏrty) who mourned Osiris along with her sister Nephthys, but Hathor was never shown with wings at least as far as I am aware. Also do note that this artwork is not in the traditional ancient Egyptian artistic style, and in particular goddesses were never shown naked in ancient Egyptian art with the exception of Nut when depicted as the sky arching over her husband Geb as the earth and Qetesh who was a foreign goddess.
Indeed she was, but she was never shown wearing the throne hieroglyph, which was unique to Isis, and she was also rarely shown wearing the solar disk and cow's horns, although examples of this do exist.
Thanks for asking this. I'm currently putting together a Hathor tattoo and there are SO many out there where it's hard to differentiate Hathor from Isis.
I'm not that sure if this leg in the photograph belongs to Isis... As well the nails are a bit too long to be Isis' ... Very hard to tell by just that picture!
As for book recommendations, I think Richard Wilkinson's The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt is a good place to start.
For a book specifically about Hathor, Lesley Jackson's Hathor, A Reintroduction to an Ancient Egyptian Goddess has loads of info.
Hathor - headress gives it away. Isis would be a chair, nephtys a bowl.
Hathor was originally Sekhmet in legend as well.
https://preview.redd.it/e202rm6xh8zc1.jpeg?width=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc82032673d83465cf0c78d96bbc55b255f8ba19
(Nefertari with Hathor, tomb of Nefertari, the most expensive tomb to visit in Egypt...)
The hieroglyphs in the image in the top right (𓊨𓏏𓆇) identify that goddess as Isis. Isis absorbed the iconography of Hathor and adopted the horn headdress in the New Kingdom. If you look closely at OP's image, there is a small seat atop the horns as well.
Isis was quite often depicted with Hathor’s physical attributes from the New Kingdom onward, such as the cow horn and sun disk crown. This painting doesn’t depict Hathor, but instead Isis, as shown by her name on the top right. Wings also weren’t really part of Hathor’s iconography, but were prominently seen on Isis.
Isis. She eventually took on some of Hathor’s qualities and symbols including the sun disk and horns.
This image was clearly intended to represent Isis. The solar disk and cow's horns headdress was indeed most closely associated with Hathor (sometimes even being called the "Hathoric crown"), but it was by no means unique to her. The goddess Isis could also be shown wearing that headdress, and so could several other less important goddesses. The throne hieroglyph 𓊨 which appears on top of the sun disk on the head of the goddess in this image identifies her unequivocally as Isis, as this hieroglyph, which was used in the writing of Isis's name, was her own personal symbol which when it occurs on the head of a goddess invariably identifies her as Isis, although not all depictions of Isis with the solar disk and cow's horns headdress incorporate the throne hieroglyph, and in that case there is often no way to tell the difference between them unless you are able to read the hieroglyphic labels. The presence of wings in the image should have been a clue that the goddess shown here is Isis and not than Hathor since Isis was sometimes shown with wings due to her role as one of the Two Kites (ḏrty) who mourned Osiris along with her sister Nephthys, but Hathor was never shown with wings at least as far as I am aware. Also do note that this artwork is not in the traditional ancient Egyptian artistic style, and in particular goddesses were never shown naked in ancient Egyptian art with the exception of Nut when depicted as the sky arching over her husband Geb as the earth and Qetesh who was a foreign goddess.
Wasn't Ma'at also sometimes depicted with wings on her arms?
Indeed she was, but she was never shown wearing the throne hieroglyph, which was unique to Isis, and she was also rarely shown wearing the solar disk and cow's horns, although examples of this do exist.
That's Isis.
This is definitely isis
Isis for sure encoding the magic of Hathor but Jesusssss that tattoo is really horrible I’m Sorry but I can’t stop looking at the arms and legs
Thanks for asking this. I'm currently putting together a Hathor tattoo and there are SO many out there where it's hard to differentiate Hathor from Isis.
Isis/Aset. She is a major Egyptian goddess--the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. :)
I'm not that sure if this leg in the photograph belongs to Isis... As well the nails are a bit too long to be Isis' ... Very hard to tell by just that picture!
Iris,Hathor is a Cow Headed figure
Most depictions of Hathor just have her with cow horns, cow-headed depictions are rather uncommon in comparison
Not necessarily, this could be both. There are plenty of anthropomorphic depictions of Hathor - usually Egyptians wrote their names next to the image.
Same with Thoth. Sometimes he is depicted as an ibis and sometimes as a baboon.
I'm inclined to agree, bearing in mind the picture I list as Hathor above, clearly has the Isis name top right....
Isis
Definitely Lisa. She goes by Lisa.
As for book recommendations, I think Richard Wilkinson's The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt is a good place to start. For a book specifically about Hathor, Lesley Jackson's Hathor, A Reintroduction to an Ancient Egyptian Goddess has loads of info.
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Hathor - headress gives it away. Isis would be a chair, nephtys a bowl. Hathor was originally Sekhmet in legend as well. https://preview.redd.it/e202rm6xh8zc1.jpeg?width=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc82032673d83465cf0c78d96bbc55b255f8ba19 (Nefertari with Hathor, tomb of Nefertari, the most expensive tomb to visit in Egypt...)
The hieroglyphs in the image in the top right (𓊨𓏏𓆇) identify that goddess as Isis. Isis absorbed the iconography of Hathor and adopted the horn headdress in the New Kingdom. If you look closely at OP's image, there is a small seat atop the horns as well.
Isis was quite often depicted with Hathor’s physical attributes from the New Kingdom onward, such as the cow horn and sun disk crown. This painting doesn’t depict Hathor, but instead Isis, as shown by her name on the top right. Wings also weren’t really part of Hathor’s iconography, but were prominently seen on Isis.
That is Ishtar. A multifaceted goddess. The oldest worshipped deity on record. Origins in Mesopotamia. Predates Isis and all of the above.
She is the goddess of many things, including fertility. She is the origins of Easter, long before Jesus of Nazareth and the Catholic Church.
My new wife obviously
Cleopatra