Isis
| Isis | |
|---|---|
| Goddess o mitherheid, cantrip an fertility | |
 The goddess Isis is portrayed as a wumman, wearin a heidress shapit like a throne; sometimes she is shown wi bird's wings an aw. | |
| Major cult centrer | Philae, Abydos |
| Symbol | the throne, the sun disk wi cou's horns, the sycamore tree |
| Personal Information | |
| Consort | Osiris |
| Affspring | Horus an Anubis (Anubis is fostered) |
| Parents | Geb an Nut |
| Siblins | Osiris, Set, an Nephthys |
Isis (Ancient Greek: Ἶσις, oreeginal Egyptian pronunciation mair likely Aset) is a goddess in Auncient Egyptian releegious beliefs, whose wirship spread throuoot the Greco-Roman warld. She wis wirshippit as the ideal mither an wife as well as the patroness o natur an magic. She wis the friend o slaves, sinners, airtisans, an the dountrodden, an she listened tae the prayers o the walthy, maidens, aristocrats, an rulers.[1] Isis is aften depictit as the mither o Horus, the hawk-heidit god o war an protection (awtho in some tradeetions Horus's mither wis Hathor). Isis is kent as protector o the deid an goddess o childer.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ R.E Witt, Isis in the Ancient World, p. 7, 1997, ISBN 978-0-8018-5642-6