<>Isis (Aset, Eset, Aat, Menkhet, Hert, Ament, Menhet)
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<>"Throne." Egyptian mother goddess.
Isis has many names: "Mistress of Magic,The Queen of Heaven (similar to
Astarte), The Great Lady, the God-Mother, Lady of Philae and Lady of
the Countries of the South."<>Isis ruled over all matters concerning
mothering, life, and sorcery.
She was the daughter of Geb and Nut, according
to the Heliopolitan genealogy, sister-wife of Osiris and, according to
most myths, the mother of Horus. As the personification of the throne,
Isis was an important source of the Pharaoh's power. Isis is one of the
four great protector
goddesses, which included Bast, Nephyths, and Hathor. She guarded
coffins
and the Canopic jars.
In the origin myth of Ra and the world, Isis found
out Ra's name by enchanting a poisonous snake to bite him. When Ra was
close to dying, Isis told him that she could only heal him if she knew
Ra's true name. By knowing Ra's name, she then had power equal to him
and
was then given all of her magical power and was forever known as the
Divine
Sorceress.
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