In Ancient Egyptian legend, the god Ra, who presided over all gods and all things, grew increasingly old. People's respect for Ra gradually turned into mockery. Enraged when he learned of this, Ra sent out his "eye" to punish those who had slighted him.
Hathor obeyed her "father's command." Born from Ra's tears, she represented the "gold of the gods." When she appeared as Nemesis, her name became Sekhmet. Her original mission had been to grant prosperity and wealth to the mortal world, and people lived happily under Hathor's protection. But after becoming Sekhmet, whenever night fell and people rested, the mortal world became a river of blood.
Perhaps Ra truly had grown old. Like elderly humans, he had become merciful and decided to end the slaughter. So he ordered them to find a blood-red plant and mix it with wine until it looked like blood.
After the goddess drank deeply of the liquid, she became dead drunk and forgot the "mission" she had been given. She became gentle and beautiful once more.
There was another legend. After Isis learned of Osiris's death, she was devastated. She begged the gods to help revive Osiris, but only Ra possessed that power.
So she fashioned a model of a crawling creature, dipped it in poison, and placed it on a road Ra often traveled. When Ra was bitten, Isis immediately appeared and saved him, but forced him to reveal his secret name. Isis thus gained Ra's power—the power to bring the dead back to life—and used it to revive Osiris.
Hathor had a healing and birthing chamber in her temple at Dendera. Visitors washed away their illnesses with purified water from the sacred lake, then slept in the temple and received "healing dreams."
During the day, the hundreds and thousands of candles