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In Egyptian mythology,
Hesat (also spelt Hesahet, and Hesaret) was the manifestation
of Hathor, the divine sky-cow, in earthly
form. Like Hathor, she was seen as
the wife of Ra.
Since she was the more earthly cow-goddess, Milk was said
to be the beer of Hesat, a rather meaningless phrase as Hesat
means milk anyway. As a dairy cow, Hesat was seen as the wet-nurse
of the other gods, the one who creates all nourishment. Thus
she was pictured as a divine white cow, carrying a tray of
food on her horns, with milk flowing from her udders.
In this earthly form, she was, dualistically, said to be
the mother of Anubis, the god of
the dead, since, it is she, as nourisher, that brings life,
and Anubis, as death, that takes
it. Since Ra's earthly manifestation
was the Mnevis bull, the three of
Anubis as son, the Mnevis
as father, and Hesat as mother, were identified as a family
triad, and worshipped as such.
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