There are many myths that present the relation between
Horus
and
Hathor
and most of them contradict each other . Some of these myths present Horus as the son of Hathor and Hathor as the cow who supports the sky with her legs and in whose mouth Horus , the god sun , enters by the end of every day and comes out every morning .
Of all these myths , the most well known story is the one saying that Horus was the husband of Hathor . This myth dates back to the Ptolemaic period and there are some spells that were uttered in the celebration of their marriage . It says that Horus married her after defeating his uncle
Seth
and being the heir of his father on the throne of earth and being identified with Osiris . It began when Hathor moved from her temple in
Dandara
and went to Horus in his temple in Edfu . The first day of celebration was the first day of spring and thus the celebration involves some events including the first fruits to be reaped and many other ceremonies and they passed the night in the Birth temple . The celebration lasted for about two weeks and many sacrifices and rituals had been made . Like
any other festival in ancient
Egypt
the mortal humans were celebrating with singing , dancing and drinking win as it is depicted on the walls of the temples . Some of the ceremonial events were used symbolically to show that the enemies of Horus were killed and to announce him the ruler of the Upper and the Lower Egypt and the husband of Hathor . After the end of the celebration Hathor turned back to her temple in Dandara .
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