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Mistress of the Offering ~ Handmade Candle inspired by Hathor
‘Mistress of the Offering’: A Homemade Artisanal Candle Inspired by Hathor, the Egyptian Goddess of Love, Music, Fertility, and Celebration
She who shines with the dawn and tends the sacred rhythms of joy and beauty
Mistress of the Offering is the scent of golden abundance, sacred revelry, and the boundless joy of Hathor, goddess of love, music, and the life-giving embrace of the earth. It opens with the top richness of black amber plum and crème de cassis, a decadent fusion of dark fruits that evokes the opulence of temple feasts and the warmth of honeyed wine shared in celebration. At its heart, jasmine and Brazilian orchid bloom in radiant splendor, their intoxicating floral embrace a tribute to the sensual beauty and nurturing spirit of the divine cow goddess. As the base deepens, vanilla woods and musk envelop the fragrance in a velvety, sunlit warmth, reminiscent of the golden glow of dusk over the Nile, where offerings are laid in gratitude for the gifts of love, pleasure, and prosperity.
Mistress of the Offering is a hymn to Hathor’s joyous spirit, a fragrance that sings with the rhythm of life, rich with beauty, abundance, and divine sweetness.
Curious about how the layers of scent unfold? Learn more about scent profiles ~ top, heart, and base notes at this blog post: Scent Profiles, Top, Heart, and Base Notes.
Our candles are lovingly handcrafted in our home studio, Nimue’s Lair, nestled in Walnut Creek, CA. Each one begins with a luxurious blend of coconut-apricot wax, carefully infused with premium fragrance oils. Poured by hand into elegant glass vessels and amber jars, they’re finished with hand-cut labels and enchanted final touches. Every candle is a small ritual, infused with magick, intention, and the quiet glow of story.
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Scent Profile:
Top: Black Amber Plum, Creme de Cassis
Heart: Jasmine, Brazilian Orchid
Base: Vanilla Woods, Musk
Seasonal Resonance: Autumn’s Indulgence 🍂✨
A fragrance steeped in luxury, where the depth of fall unfolds in velvety sweetness and floral elegance. This scent captures the richness of the season, blending warm, indulgent notes with a touch of sophistication.
🍮 Primary Category: Gourmand
Crème de cassis and vanilla woods create a decadent, almost edible warmth; sweet, rich, and utterly comforting, like autumn’s golden glow.
🌸 Secondary Category: Floral
Jasmine and Brazilian orchid weave a delicate floral thread through the fragrance, adding an air of elegance and refinement to the indulgent heart.
A scent that envelops you in warmth, opulence, and the golden embrace of fall. 🍁✨
Please visit this blog post for more information on Scent Profiles, Top, Heart, and Base Notes.
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12 oz Deluxe – Smoke Aura Glass · Coco Apricot Wax
Burn Time: 60+ hours
Bold and enduring, this candle fills your space with myth and memory. Crafted for spacious sanctuaries, this candle shines in wide-open living rooms, high-ceilinged studios, and sacred hearths ~ places where scent is free to roam and the flame becomes a luminous companion to stillness and story.8 oz Classic – Amber Jar · Coco Apricot Wax
Burn Time: 50–60 hours
A perfect size for quiet corners and thoughtful pauses. Let it warm your reading nook, home office, or bedside altar, where its flame flickers like a whisper of intention.4 oz Petite – Amber Jar · Coco Apricot Wax
Burn Time: 20–25 hours
Small in size, rich in presence. This candle is ideal for travel, gifting, or sanctifying intimate spaces - guest rooms, personal altars, or quiet corners where scent and flame are invited to linger with intention. -
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Hathor: Exploring the Radiant Goddess of Joy and Beauty in Ancient Egypt
A woman sits before her mirror, the golden light of dawn streaming through the window. Her hands move with practiced ease, outlining her eyes with kohl. She pauses, admiring how the dark lines frame her gaze as if reflecting some timeless connection to beauty and mystery. On the table before her lies a silver necklace adorned with a tiny figure: a woman crowned with cow horns encircling a solar disk. She clasps the necklace around her neck and feels its weight, both physical and spiritual, a reminder of the goddess Hathor. She closes her eyes for a moment, imagining the music of sistrums and women's laughter at a temple feast.
This scene, while modern, echoes a tradition thousands of years old. In ancient Egypt, adornment was not merely a matter of vanity but an act of devotion. Beauty, sensuality, and celebration were sacred offerings to Hathor, the goddess who embodied joy, love, and the radiant power of life. This blog post invites you to journey through Hathor's mythology, discovering the many ways she inspired devotion and shaped the world of her followers.
Hathor, Lady of Many Names: From the "House of Horus" to the Heavens
Hathor's name, meaning "House of Horus," evokes an image of nurturing and protection, but her nature encompassed far more than this maternal role. Her worship began early in Egypt’s history, possibly during the Predynastic Era, solidifying her status as one of the oldest deities in the Egyptian pantheon. Her cult center at Dendera served as a grand hub of devotion. Yet, her influence extended throughout Egypt, with widespread worship in towns and regions far beyond. Unlike many other Egyptian deities, whose clergy were restricted to one gender, Hathor's temples were served by both men and women, a testament to her universal appeal and inclusive nature. Over time, her veneration extended beyond Egypt's borders, reflecting her role as a goddess of both the land and the broader cosmos.
The significance of Hathor's name has sparked varied interpretations over the centuries. Literally translating to "The House of Horus," her name is often understood as a reference to her role as Horus’s mother, with "house" symbolizing the womb. However, the hieroglyph for her name, depicting a falcon within a walled enclosure, offers room for alternate readings. Some scholars suggest it signifies Hathor as Horus’s wife, embodying a sacred union. Others view the "house" as a metaphor for the sky, reflecting the belief that Horus, in his falcon form, dwelled in the heavens. These layered interpretations highlight Hathor’s complex nature and deep connection to the celestial and earthly realms.
Hathor’s significance extended to foreign lands and trade, where she was revered as the patroness of miners and travelers. In the Sinai Peninsula, she was honored as the "Lady of Turquoise," safeguarding those laboring in the region’s precious turquoise mines. Her presence was equally revered at Dendera, her central temple, which became a hub of devotion.
This widespread worship underscores her deep connection to the land, resources, and people, reflecting her universal appeal. Among her many titles were "Lady of the Sycamore," "Lady of the West," and "The Distant Goddess." Each name whispered a fragment of her cosmic identity: a protector of travelers, a guide for the dead, and a celestial wanderer who brought renewal to the land. Her epithets capture her duality as an intimate nurturer and a distant, awe-inspiring force.
The Enigmatic Forms of Hathor: Exploring Her Iconography and Cosmic Roles
The iconography of Hathor is as layered and intricate as the myths surrounding her. She is most commonly depicted as a woman crowned with cow horns cradling the solar disk, symbolizing her union with the sun god Ra. At times, she takes the form of a full-bodied cow adorned with celestial stars, embodying the nurturing qualities of motherhood.
Hathor’s connection to cows also linked her to Hesat, a pure white cow revered as the wet nurse of the gods. Hesat was depicted carrying a tray of food on her head, with her udders flowing with milk, symbolizing nourishment, sustenance, and abundance. Distinct from Hesat is the primeval divine cow Mehet-Weret, whose name means "Great Flood." Mehet-Weret was a cosmic figure associated with the celestial waters and the inundation of the Nile River that brought life to the land. While Hesat represented the nurturing, earthly aspects of motherhood, Mehet-Weret embodied the vast, cosmic forces of creation and renewal, highlighting Hathor's varied roles in Egyptian cosmology.
Hathor's duality is also reflected in her association with other deities. She was linked with Isis and, earlier, with Sekhmet but eventually came to be regarded as the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived.
One intriguing aspect of Egyptian mythology is how deities could merge or transition into one another based on their actions or attributes. For instance, when Hathor expressed elements of violent rage, she was identified as Sekhmet. Conversely, by pacifying Sekhmet, worshippers aimed to restore her to a more benign state akin to Hathor or Bastet. Similarly, Hathor was occasionally conflated with Nut and Isis, further emphasizing the fluidity of divine identities in Egyptian cosmology.
Her celestial role placed her prominently alongside Ra, guiding his barge as it sailed across the night sky, through the underworld, and rose again at dawn. Her name, "Domain of Horus," "Temple of Horus," or "House of Horus," alludes to the part of the sky where the king (or dead king) could be rejuvenated and continue to rule. According to myth, Horus, as the sun god, entered her mouth each night to rest and returned with the dawn, reinforcing themes of rebirth and light.
Her relationship with the sky further identified her with Venus, the evening and morning star, a celestial beacon that underscores her role as a radiant symbol of inspiration and renewal. The "Eye of Ra," a powerful manifestation of divine wrath and protection, often identified with Hathor, reflects her fierce aspect. This duality is intrinsic to her nature, marking her as a goddess of both ferocity and tenderness.
Hathor in the Osiris Myth: A Protector Amidst Chaos
Hathor’s influence extended into some of the most significant narratives of Egyptian mythology, particularly The Osiris Myth and The Contendings of Horus and Set. When Set murdered his brother Osiris, dismembered him and scattered his pieces across Egypt, the goddess Isis undertook a perilous journey to collect the fragments and restore Osiris to life. With the help of her sister Nephthys, Isis succeeded in reassembling Osiris. However, he remained incomplete due to a missing part of his body. As a result, Osiris descended into the underworld, where he became its lord. Isis, meanwhile, gave birth to their son, Horus, who would grow to challenge Set for rightful rule of the land. Hathor’s nurturing and protective nature is woven into this myth through her connection to Isis and her role in preserving harmony amidst chaos.
Hathor’s role becomes even more pronounced in The Contendings of Horus and Set, a dramatic trial overseen by the Ennead, the tribunal of nine gods tasked with determining the rightful king. Known as the "Lady of the Southern Sycamore," a title associated with nourishment and protection, Hathor intervenes to restore balance to the proceedings when discord threatens to unravel the trial. Ra, angered by an insolent remark from the baboon god Babi, who mocked his age and authority, withdraws in frustration, threatening to abandon the trial entirely. Such an act would have destabilized divine order and mortal existence, plunging the cosmos into chaos.
At this critical moment, Hathor steps forward to diffuse the situation with a bold and disarming gesture: exposing her genitals. While this act might seem shocking or explicit to modern readers, it carried profound cultural and symbolic significance in ancient Egypt.
Such gestures were deeply intertwined with themes of fertility, renewal, and the restoration of harmony, embodying Hathor’s role as a bringer of life and balance. In a society where depictions of the body and sexuality were viewed as natural extensions of cosmic and divine principles, acts like this were understood as demonstrations of divine power and life-affirming energy, not as acts of shame or impropriety.
Through this act, Hathor not only lightens Ra’s mood but also redirects his focus, allowing him to rejoin the trial and restore stability to the proceedings. This moment underscores Hathor’s unique power to bridge chaos and order, embodying the essential interplay of feminine and masculine principles central to Egyptian cosmology.
Hathor and Sekhmet: The Duality of Destruction and Renewal
Hathor's mythology brims with tales of transformation, none more vivid than her role in "The Book of the Heavenly Cow." This ancient text recounts a time when humanity's insolence enraged Ra, who unleashed Hathor as a destructive force to punish them for their sins. Transformed into the bloodthirsty Sekhmet, she descended upon the earth with ferocious wrath, toppling cities, crushing homes, and tearing through fields. Her destruction left the land soaked in blood and humanity on the brink of annihilation.
Initially, Ra watched with satisfaction as Sekhmet taught humanity a harsh lesson for their ingratitude and selfishness. Yet, as her fury escalated, the other gods intervened, urging Ra to show mercy lest all of humanity perish. Ra, moved by their pleas, devised a plan to halt Sekhmet’s rampage. He ordered the goddess of beer, Tenenet, to brew 7,000 barrels of beer mixed with the crimson fruit of the mandrake. This spiked beer was poured across the countryside in a single night, its color mimicking blood.
When Sekhmet came upon the drink, she consumed it eagerly, unaware of its true nature. Overcome by the potent brew and its sedative properties, she fell into a deep slumber. When she awoke, her ferocity abated, and she transformed back into Hathor, radiating compassion and joy. This myth illustrates Hathor’s duality and serves as a justification for the bountiful consumption of alcohol during the annual Feast of Hathor. Following her transformation, she bestowed gifts of beauty, joy, and music upon the world.
As the primordial Mother Goddess, Hathor embodied the cycles of life, ruling over the sky, the sun, the moon, fertility, and agriculture. Her association with love, gratitude, and celebration further cemented her role as a nurturer and protector, balancing her earlier destructive parts with an enduring legacy of renewal and kindness.
Hathor as the Guardian of the Afterlife
Known as "Lady of the West," a title symbolizing her connection to death and the afterlife, Hathor was the welcoming figure for souls embarking on their eternal journey. Revered as the patroness of the necropolis at Dayr al-Baḥrī, she offered protection and solace to the departed. The Field of Reeds, an eternal paradise embodying the ideal afterlife, was her sacred domain, where she nourished the deceased with food and drink from her life-giving sycamore tree, a symbol of renewal and sustenance deeply rooted in Egyptian cosmology.
Unlike many deities, Hathor’s influence extended so significantly that women in the afterlife began identifying with her instead of Osiris, the traditional figure for the deceased. Initially, all who crossed into paradise assumed Osiris’s likeness, but Hathor’s compassion and joy redefined this practice for women, offering them a divine figure to emulate in their eternal life. Geraldine Pinch notes that Hathor’s qualities made her a model of harmony and transformation, reflecting the universal appeal of her nurturing spirit. Texts such as the "Coffin Texts" and "Book of the Dead" extol her role as a gentle guide, ensuring a smooth transition from life to death and easing fears of the unknown.
Hathor’s popularity is reflected in the number of minor goddesses considered aspects of the Mother Goddess and shared her attributes. Chief among these were the Seven Hathors, celestial beings present at the birth of a human to decree their fate. They were highly venerated for their role in love, protection from harm, and ensuring a just journey in the afterlife. Often depicted with red ribbons, they symbolized their power to bind evil forces and shield the vulnerable. In both life and death, the Seven Hathors embodied Hathor’s essence, reinforcing her integral role in maintaining cosmic harmony and balance.
The Festivals of Hathor: Love, Music, and Celebration
Hathor's joyous spirit infused every celebration in her honor. Her temple at Dendera, a grand center of worship, served as the backdrop for many of these vibrant festivities. Temples across Egypt rang with the sound of sistrums, her sacred instrument, whose rhythmic shaking drove away negativity and inspired goodness. These festivals reflected her role as the patron goddess of joy, celebration, and love.
Among the most significant was the Festival of the Sacred Marriage, which celebrated her union with Horus, the god of kingship. Each year, Hathor’s idol was carried in a ceremonial boat from her temple at Dendera to the temple of Horus in Edfu, a journey that symbolized their divine marriage. Upon her arrival at Edfu, Horus’s image was brought down to the river to greet her in a ritual imbued with reverence and grandeur. This multi-day celebration included sacred ceremonies such as the Opening of the Mouth and the Festival of Behdet, each emphasizing renewal, divine favor, and the enduring cosmic balance maintained by their union. On the anniversary of Horus’s victory over Set, the pair’s union was celebrated with a night of drinking and revelry open to all. This festival blended sacred and communal joy, uniting the gods and their worshippers in a shared celebration of love, triumph, and renewal.
Hathor’s rites exuded a sense of exuberance and debauchery that, to modern eyes, might evoke scenes of lively and uninhibited celebration. Singing, dancing, and expressions of sensuality were central to these temple ceremonies. Depictions on sanctuary walls, such as those in the Temple of Philae on the Nubian-Egyptian border, illustrate the vivid imagery of these rituals: women adorned with jewelry playing double-headed flutes and rattles, men beating drums, and young women dancing, some performing backbends in playful and sensual displays.
Lighting torches and clapping accompanied these acts, creating an atmosphere of jubilation.
The sistrum, a rattle-like instrument, played a vital role in these ceremonies, serving both a musical and symbolic function in the worship of Hathor. Alcohol, too, was closely linked to her cult, with Hathor’s image often adorning vessels of wine and beer used during rituals. Another prominent symbol was the menat, a beaded necklace worn by Hathor in artistic depictions, which symbolized rebirth and regeneration.
The overt sensuality and explicit elements of these rituals were not out of place within the cultural context of ancient Egyptian religion, where depictions of sexual body parts and acts were often incorporated into hieroglyphic writing and sacred ceremonies. One narrative even recounts Hathor lifting Ra’s spirits by exposing her genitals, a gesture imbued with both humor and symbolic power. Similar practices, such as the Greek anasyrma, show how the exposure of the body held ritualistic significance across cultures, embodying themes of fertility, balance, and the restoration of harmony.
The Festival of Drunkenness, another tribute to Hathor, celebrated the myth of her pacification. Participants indulged in wine, symbolizing the red beer that transformed her wrath into joy. These celebrations, blending sacred and profane, emphasized the importance of gratitude, renewal, and balance in life.
Hathor's Enduring Connection to Women and Beauty
Hathor was the protector of women, presiding over childbirth, fertility, and beauty. Yet, her appeal was not limited to women alone; men also venerated her, recognizing her as a source of joy, vitality, and protection. She was always associated with women’s health in body and mind, providing guidance and comfort through every stage of life. In time, women came to identify with Hathor in the afterlife, much as all people had once identified with Osiris, reflecting her profound role in renewal and transition. Her temples, served by priests and priestesses, reflected the inclusive nature of her worship and the universal reverence she inspired across genders and societal roles.
One of the most meaningful practices associated with her worship was the ritual of The Five Gifts of Hathor, believed to have originated in the New Kingdom. This practice encouraged people to name five things they were grateful for, associating each with a finger of their left hand. For laborers, whose left hand was ever-visible as they harvested grain, this ritual served as a constant reminder of the blessings they enjoyed, even amidst toil. For the wealthy, it cultivated humility, helping them reflect on their privileges and obligations to the gods and society. By encouraging gratitude, this ritual embodied Hathor’s nurturing spirit and reinforced her role as a goddess of joy and balance.
Hathor’s nurturing spirit also extended to the heavens and the cosmos. In her earthly form as Hesat, a pure white cow, she was revered as the wet-nurse of the gods, her milk known as “The beer of Hesat,” a symbol of life and abundance. The Milky Way, often viewed as a celestial Nile River, was similarly associated with Hathor, underscoring her vital role as the giver and sustainer of life. Through her cosmic and earthly connections, Hathor linked the cycles of gratitude, life, and renewal, inspiring devotion across all levels of society.
Mirrors, cosmetics, and jewelry offered to her temples were acts of devotion, reflecting her role as a goddess of adornment and sensuality. Queens often associated themselves with Hathor, invoking her grace and wisdom to solidify their divine status. For the women of Egypt, Hathor was not merely a goddess but a mirror of their strength and vitality. Her nurturing aspect was evident in her care for Horus as his nurse and protector, symbolizing the archetypal bond between caretaker and child. In some narratives, Hathor is also portrayed as Horus’s consort during festivals celebrating their union, such as the Sacred Marriage. These overlapping roles reflect the fluidity in Egyptian mythology, where deities could take on multiple, sometimes contradictory, relationships depending on the narrative or context.
Cycles of Loss and Renewal: Hathor’s Role as the Distant Goddess
The myth of "The Distant Goddess" weaves a poignant narrative of separation and return, deeply tied to Hathor’s transformative nature. As Ra’s daughter, she abandons her father, fleeing to the desert and taking the form of a wild feline, eluding any attempts to bring her back. Her departure plunges the world into chaos, symbolizing the disruption of harmony and balance. The arid plains and distant desert become her sanctuary, emphasizing her connection to transformation and untamed power. Identified with other protective deities like Mehit, Sekhmet, Bastet, and Mut, Hathor’s story in "The Book of the Heavenly Cow" explores the interplay between distance and restoration, both for the universe and humanity’s relationship with the gods.
Ra, seeking to restore order, sends a god to retrieve his wayward daughter. When she returns, she brings with her the life-giving waters of the Nile, inundating the land and reviving its fertility. Before releasing these vital waters, Hathor, as the Distant Goddess, must be pacified with music, dancing, feasting, and drunkenness. These jubilant rituals, rich with wild, ecstatic elements, celebrated her return and the restoration of balance. Geraldine Pinch captures the heart of this moment: "When the Distant Goddess returned, she brought the inundation with her, but she had to be pacified with music, dancing, feasting, and drunkenness.
It was proper for the whole of creation to rejoice when Hathor appeared again in all her radiant beauty and joined forces with her father." These rituals mirrored the natural rhythms of drought and inundation, affirming humanity's deep dependence on the divine for renewal and sustenance.
Hathor’s Influence Across Time: From Egyptian Myth to Contemporary Culture
As Isis rose in prominence, she absorbed many of Hathor’s roles and attributes, eventually becoming Egypt's most widely worshipped goddess. The cultural and religious evolution of ancient Egypt is reflected in how elements of Hathor’s iconography, such as her signature headdress of cow horns cradling a sun disk and the sacred sistrum, were seamlessly incorporated into the worship of Isis. Despite this shift, Hathor’s presence remained foundational to Egyptian mythology, her influence deeply embedded in the symbols, stories, and rituals that persisted through the ages.
One reason for Hathor’s relative obscurity today compared to Isis lies in the period of Greco-Roman dominance over Egypt. As scholar Solange Ashby explains, “Isis subsumed all the older goddesses within herself in the late period.” Much of what we understand about Egyptian deities today comes from Greek and Roman accounts between 300 BCE and 300 CE, during which time Isis had overshadowed Hathor’s prominence. However, Hathor’s spirit and attributes endured, reflected in the imagery and rituals associated with Isis.
While her prominence waned in Egypt, Hathor remained a significant and revered figure in Nubia. During the Greco-Roman period, she was the most frequently represented deity in Nubian jewelry, underscoring her lasting resonance within African cultures.
In modern times, her worship has largely disappeared in Egypt and Sudan, regions where Islam became the majority religion. Yet, elements of Hathor’s worship and iconography have been reclaimed in contemporary African American communities as part of a broader reconnection with African spirituality in the diaspora.
Practices such as chanting and playing the sacred rattle echo the ancient rituals that celebrated Hathor’s joy and vitality.
Even in subtle ways, Hathor’s legacy persists in the modern world. The rituals of adornment and beauty, such as mirrors, jewelry, and cosmetics, carry echoes of ancient devotion to this goddess of love, celebration, and renewal. In the everyday rituals of adornment and cosmetics, one can trace a lineage back to the ancient celebrations of Hathor. Her legacy persists in the mirrors we gaze into, the jewelry we wear, and the ways we celebrate life, beauty, and joy.
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Come in peace, progress in joy,
Your heart is sweetened by hearing prayers,
Hathor the Great, Mistress of Iunet,
The Eye of Ra, Mistress of Heaven,
Sovereign of All the Gods,
The Great Serpent, the Mistress of the Great Sanctuary,
Your beautiful face is satisfied with your beloved son,
The King of Upper and Lower Egypt,
Master of the Two Lands, eternally.
