Focus on Dendera light and explore the abstract.
The Dendera light is a motif in the Hathor temple at Dendera in Egypt. It depicts the Egyptian creation myth, and the text surrounding the pieces confirm this.
The temple contains several reliefs depicting Harsomtus, in the form of a snake, emerging from a lotus flower which is usually attached to the bow of a barge. The so-called dendera light is a variation of this motif, showing Harsomtus in an oval container called hn, which might represent the womb of Nut.Sometimes a djed pillar supports the snake or the container. A closely related motif is "god resting on the lotus flower".
Hathor temple Nut Dendera djed lotus flower Harsomtus motif