Symbolized by the sistrum, snake and papyrus rod, one legend holds she was part of Ra's plan to destroy humanity, but Ra changed his mind and flooded the fields with beer; she got drunk and could not carry out her mission.  
The cult of this deity had its early focus at Dandarah, and at Thebes she was regarded as a goddess of death and known as the "Lady of the West."  Symbolized by the sistrum, snake and papyrus rod, one legend holds she was part of Ra's plan to destroy humanity, but Ra changed his mind and flooded the fields with beer; she got drunk and could not carry out her mission.  Considered the mother of the pharaohs, FTP, name this Egyptian fertility goddess, daughter of Nut and Ra, and often represented by a cow.
The cult of this deity had its early focus at Dandarah, and at Thebes she was regarded as a goddess of death and known as the "Lady of the West."  
Hathor