The Mystic Qur'an

  No, in the Dendera Zodiac (the famous circular bas-relief from the ceiling of the Osiris chapel in the Hathor Temple at Dendera, dating to the Greco-Roman period, ca. 50 BCE), Taweret (the hippopotamus goddess) is not represented as the mother of Set (Seth). Taweret's Representation in the Dendera Zodiac Taweret appears prominently as a large, upright female hippopotamus (often pregnant, with lion paws and a crocodile tail/back). She symbolizes the northern circumpolar constellation, primarily associated with Draco (the Dragon), and sometimes extending to parts of Ursa Minor or nearby stars. Scholars identify her as guarding the imperishable northern sky. Association with Set Nearby, a jackal figure (often on a plow or tethered to Taweret) represents the Big Dipper (part of Ursa Major) or Ursa Minor. This is linked to Set as the "jackal of Set" or the "Setian foreleg" (a bull's leg constellation tied to Set's chaos and the north). In Egyptian astr...