Metal · Certain
Gold
Elemental gold as named in historical planetary tables.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
metal ruled by Sun
1 attestation · high confidence
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers, translator and editor, The Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis)First edition · Wellcome Collection · British occult revival, 1889 edition · Britain · Book Book I · Chapter XVIII · Section Concerning the Holy Pentacles or Medals · Page 56
Explicit Source
Hathor bears the historically attested epithet Golden One
An explicit epithet and material sign, not a universal color or offering instruction.
1 attestation · high confidence
- British Museum, Bronze menat-counterpoise amulet EA20760British Museum Collections Online object EA20760 · British Museum · Egyptian New Kingdom · Thebes · MuseumObjectId British Museum EA20760 · Entry Description and inscriptions: gold sign references the Golden One
Reviewed sources
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers, translator and editor, The Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis) (1889)First edition · Wellcome Collection
- British Museum, Bronze menat-counterpoise amulet EA20760British Museum Collections Online object EA20760 · British Museum