She raised there shrines for amun-re, the state god (see p.88);Anubis, the jackal god of the necropolis; and Hathor, the cow-goddess, bringer of fertility and protector of woman, whose origins may be traced back to the mother-goddesses worshipped throughout western asia. In this way at deir el-bahari various strands of ancient Egyptian beliefs about divinity and divine royalty were woven into a seamless fabric proclaiming hatshepsut’s right to rule. That the form given to the temple was innovatory may be no coincidence.