Hathor - Helena Nelson-Reed

05/06/2009

01:44 PM

Bette Orr

Crisfield, MD - United States

Another beautiful piece of art, Helena! A very intricate piece beautifully portrayed.

05/08/2009

05:31 PM

Otto Rapp

Lethbridge, Al - Canada

Attractive work! You portrayed her very mild-mannered. For many nights the waters of the Nile ran red with the blood of mortals, and Hathor waded through blood until her feet became crimson. ... Gods and myths of Ancient Egypt By Robert A. Armour

05/09/2009

05:58 PM

Helena Nelson-Reed

Woodridge, IL - United States

This painting depicts early Hathor prior to 2700 BCE, when she was the beloved of all, a fertile and nurturing Mother of the Nile. Like most creator gods or goddesses she manifests the destroyer aspect as well as nurturing. After 2700 BCE Hathor was less nurturing fertility and love goddess, more bloodthirsty and capricious warrior. I read that this change was due to war and political situations at the time that resulted in the founding of the Middle Kingdom. People invented a mythology to explain what was happening and the upheavl and war around them. Also, just like today, the new administration of Upper Egypt's pharaoh Mentuhotep II set about villifying the previous administration's cults along with everything else, accenting the darker aspects and negating the positive. Its seems that every god or goddess I've studied manifests the same fluctuating mix of darkenss and light we see around us in the universe, but I choose to focus on the Light.

05/17/2009

05:44 PM

Otto Rapp

Lethbridge, Al - Canada

So true, particularly today. I just recently had a rather heated discussion with a network creator about such in Hinduism. I blogged about it afterwards [link] - had also to do with censorship

05/17/2009

05:46 PM

Otto Rapp

Lethbridge, Al - Canada

guess script doesn't work on comments, here is the URL to the blog I talked about: http://artofthemystic.blogspot.com/2009/05/mf-husain-controversial-indian-artist.html

05/19/2009

08:20 PM

Helena Nelson-Reed

Woodridge, IL - United States

Thanks Otto, Ill check it out tonight. I dont know why some people get defensive about this. Human nature hasnt changed much over the centuries, no matter what time, country or race we are the same in many ways. Opportunists and power hungry individuals have used politics and religion to influence or control populations forever. Spirituality in any faith is different and above this sort of manipulation because it requires an intellectual process and empathy, but most people arent spiritual.

11/08/2009

08:33 PM

Julie Koski

Belle Fourche, SD - United States

Het Hert is a lovely goddess. Known as the house of Horus, a western direction Goddess Greeting and offering the dead a drink from within the ficus sycamore tree. Goddess of both known in both life and death a Goddess of the arts, birthing, marriage and motherhood, the Greeks associated her with their powerful Goddess Aphrodite. She is s complex and multi dimensional and in her Sekhmet form because Re had need of her in this form she is a trans formative Goddess and therefore she is also a Goddess of the Drink (Beer). It is thought by some number of people that she is a Goddess presiding of Sex Drugs and Rock -n- Roll these days. Hah hah hah hah hah, that one amuses me greatly! I can see it. Also, gotta love the Hathor or Het Hert hair do! We have seen that come and go through out the ages. It is thought that she was also the Goddess known as Tefnut. I love your painting of her!

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