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level of  fame and importance to that



            Raet-Tawy                                                                                                                    of  Hathor, who was also considered




            Raet-Tawy is an ancient Egyptian                                                                                             to be the wife of  Ra, or in some



            solar goddess, best known as the                                                                                             myths Ra’s daughter. Raet-Tawy



            female counterpart of  Ra. Her name                                                                                          was portrayed as a human woman,




            simply is the female form of  the                                                                                            wearing a Hathor-like crown of  a



            name “Ra”. She has been a companion                                                                                          sun resting between two cow horns,



            of  Ra from the beginning, and                                                                                               with the protective serpent at its




            did not have a separate origin of                                                                                            base. She was occasionally shown



            her own. She was always with Ra,                                                                                             with the crest of  a vulture, which




            and will always be with him for all                                                                                          was the emblem of  Upper Egypt,



            eternity. Although she is called the                                                                                         after its protector-goddess. She




            lady of  the sky and the gods, she                                                                                           was shown with either a cow head,



            was never able to receive the same                                                                                           linking her with Hathor, or a falcon
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