Hathor was the Goddess who protected all Egyptian women during childbirth, the Goddess of sky and love. She was often depicted as a cow or a woman with a cow’s head or ears and a sun disk. She was the embodiment of motherhood and fertility. As the goddess of love, Hathor possessed the ability to control any man or woman, whether they were mortal, God or beast, to do her bidding. According to the myths, she would welcome the setting sun every night and helped the Egyptians in the transition to the afterlife as she crossed boundaries between worlds. Hathor was also known as the lady of west Nile.