2006-06-24 08:16:22 · 14 answers · asked by Lenore 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
10 pts to Debra. However, I will have to check out the link in further detail that Melanie has provided. Maybe I do not know as much as I think that I do.
2006-06-24 08:23:57 · update #1
Isis
2006-06-24 08:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by goodbye 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Isis is the mother of Horus
2006-06-24 15:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by fabie1217 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isis
2006-06-24 15:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by Tazz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the most popular goddesses in Egypt. Isis belongs to the Ennead of Heliopolis, and according to the Heliopolitan genealogy is a daughter of Seb and Nut, sister and wife of Osiris. Possibly she was originally the personification of the throne (her name is written with the hieroglyph for throne), and as such she was an important source of the pharaoh's power. In the Hellenistic time Isis was the protrectress of sailors.
In the Osiris myths she searched for her husband's body, who was killed by her brother Seth. She retrieved and reassembled the body, and in this connection she took on the role of a goddess of the dead and of the funeral rights. Isis impregnated herself from the Osiris' body and gave birth to Horus in the swamps of Khemnis in the Nile Delta. Here she raised her son in secret and kept him far away from Seth. Horus later defeated Seth and became the first ruler of a united Egypt. Isis, as mother of Horus, was by extension regarded as the mother and protectress of the pharaoh's. She was worshipped as the divine mother-goddess, faithful consort of Osiris, and dedicated mother of Horus.
Isis was depicted as a woman with the solar disk between the cow horns on her head (an analogy with the goddess Hathor) or crowned with a thrown, but also with the child Horus sitting on her lap. A vulture was sometimes seen incorporated in her crown. Also she was sometimes depicted as a kite above the mummified body of Osiris. Isis' popularity lasted far into the Roman era. She had her own priests and many temples were erected in her honor. On the island of Philae in the Nile delta her largest temple was situated (it was transferred to the island Agilkia in 1975-1980).
The name Isis was understood by Plutarch as meaning 'Knowledge'.
2006-06-24 15:21:19 · answer #4 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isis
2006-06-24 15:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Modest intellect 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check egyptian mythology the mother of horus is Isis.
2006-06-25 09:53:14 · answer #6 · answered by West Coast Nomad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isis is his mother, Osiris is his father.. Isis&Osiris are brother & sister... check it out, it's a very good story...
2006-06-24 22:33:54 · answer #7 · answered by raphael0963 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isis was his mother, but its said that he married his own shadow.
2006-06-25 12:53:39 · answer #8 · answered by perrovilla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isis i think the egyption goddess of love
2006-06-24 17:51:17 · answer #9 · answered by Eddie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hathor, also known as Athyr and Het Hert.
2006-06-24 15:20:40 · answer #10 · answered by Melanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋