I often get asked, what is Lady Hathor and how did that name come about? I used to say, " Hathor is an ancient Egyptian Goddess for music and dance and I bare a title of Hathor." People still didn't know what that meant but that's how I left it. Trying to keep the mystery alive. The pronunciation is most commonly mispronounced and that seemed to be the biggest question, "how do you say that?" To me, it's pronounced Heart-thor, leaving the "r" almost silent and is the Egyptian way or rather, Hawth-or.
This is the real story ...
When my youngest daughter, Jessika, was little I used to read her stories before tucking her into bed. Some of her favorite stories were about ancient Egypt. Cleopatra was her favorite of stories. Together, we learned of what they wore, how they believed, the Gods and Goddesses and talked about how things are now, the differences and when Hathor, Goddess of music and dance loved by everyone and how she bared several different titles, came about Jessika was excited and said, "Mom, you're like the Goddess Hathor!" She was referring to me getting into the music industry.
As time went on and the more we read, instead of playing with Barbies or having tea, Jessika liked to play dress up and reenact ancient Egypt. She was Cleopatra and dubbed me "Lady Hathor". The family thought we were crazy and often joked, but somehow the name caught on and the more I told friends the funny stuff Jessika would do or things we had learned the more the name "Lady Hathor" was brought about. I used to joke about it when talking or working with the music, "Yea, Lady Hathor did it again", or comments of that nature. So, when I decided I needed a stage name and web presence, I used Lady Hathor and it stuck with me all these years. For over 8 years, no one in the music industry even knew my real name except for my closest of friends. It wasn't until Facebook that people learned what my real name was! I still find that amusing. lol
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