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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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