starsandepithets:

“The coming of Hathor to Egypt is concomitant with the coming of the flood. The relationship between the flood, Hathor’s epithet ‘Mistress of Drunkenness’ and the Festival of the ‘Drunkenness of Hathor’ can be explained… as many Greek and Roman writers already noted, the Nile water turns red – the colour of wine – during the inundation season.”

— p.153-157 Poo, (2013) ‘Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt.’ Routledge.