Lady of the West

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Lady of the West is an epithet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, highlighting her role as a protective deity of the necropolis and guide of the dead to the afterlife.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lady of the West canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
appearsIn ancient Egyptian funerary texts ⓘ
tomb inscriptions ⓘ
appliedToDeity Hathor ⓘ
associatedRole guide of the dead to the afterlife ⓘ
protective deity of the necropolis ⓘ
associatedWithConcept afterlife ⓘ
death ⓘ
associatedWithDirection west ⓘ
associatedWithPlace necropolis ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Theban necropolis ⓘ
linked to: Theban Necropolis

western desert of Egypt ⓘ
culture ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
deityType goddess ⓘ
epithetOf Hathor ⓘ
function guide souls in the underworld ⓘ
protect the dead ⓘ
welcome the deceased to the afterlife ⓘ
honorificTitle title of Hathor in funerary contexts ⓘ
iconographicAssociation Hathor as a cow emerging from the western mountain ⓘ
Hathor as a woman with cow horns and solar disk ⓘ
linkedConcept realm of the dead ⓘ
western horizon ⓘ
refersTo Hathor ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
symbolizes protection of the dead ⓘ
safe passage to the afterlife ⓘ
worshipContext funerary religion ⓘ
tomb cults ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hathor → epithet → Lady of the West ⓘ