During my visit to the louver museum I noticed that there are many statues for Isis, with different sizes and shapes, and different dates, and eras .
Isis, the Egyptian goddess of rebirth remains one of the most familiar images of empowered and utter femininity.
The meaning of the name Isis means "Throne" .
Her headdress is a throne. As the personification of the throne, she was an important representation of the pharaoh's power. The pharaoh was depicted as her child, who sat on the throne she provided. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt.
Isis taught her people the skills of reading and agriculture and was worshipped as the goddess of medicine and wisdom.
Isis became the model on which future generations of female deities in other cultures were to be based.
Isis, the Egyptian goddess of rebirth remains one of the most familiar images of empowered and utter femininity.
The meaning of the name Isis means "Throne" .
Her headdress is a throne. As the personification of the throne, she was an important representation of the pharaoh's power. The pharaoh was depicted as her child, who sat on the throne she provided. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt.
Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patron of nature and magic.
She was the friend of slaves, sinners,artisans, and the downtrodden, and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats, and rulers. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the hawk-headed god of war and protection. Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children.
Her Family
In the typical form of her myth, Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, goddess of the Sky, and she was born on the fourth intercalary day (Intercalation is the insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases).
She married her brother, Osiris, and she conceived Horus by him. Isis was instrumental in the resurrection of Osiris when he was murdered by Set. Using her magical skills, she restored his body to life after having gathered the body parts that had been strewn about the earth by Set.
Unlike the other Egyptian goddesses, the goddess Isis spent time among her people, teaching women how to grind corn and make bread, spin flax and weave cloth, and how to tame men enough to live with them (an art form on which many of us would welcome a refresher course!)
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| Isis nursing Horus, wearing the headdress of Hathor. statue in louver museum |
She was the friend of slaves, sinners,artisans, and the downtrodden, and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats, and rulers. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the hawk-headed god of war and protection. Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children.
Her Family
In the typical form of her myth, Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, goddess of the Sky, and she was born on the fourth intercalary day (Intercalation is the insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases).
She married her brother, Osiris, and she conceived Horus by him. Isis was instrumental in the resurrection of Osiris when he was murdered by Set. Using her magical skills, she restored his body to life after having gathered the body parts that had been strewn about the earth by Set.
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| Another statue of Isis in the Louver |
Unlike the other Egyptian goddesses, the goddess Isis spent time among her people, teaching women how to grind corn and make bread, spin flax and weave cloth, and how to tame men enough to live with them (an art form on which many of us would welcome a refresher course!)
Isis taught her people the skills of reading and agriculture and was worshipped as the goddess of medicine and wisdom.
Isis became the model on which future generations of female deities in other cultures were to be based.
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