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Isis [Note 1] was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom ( c. 2686 – c. 2181 BCE ) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth , in which she resurrects her slain brother and husband, the divine king Osiris , and produces and protects ...
Isis was originally a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, which did not include Greek-style mysteries, although it did contain elements that resembled those in later Greek mysteries. [9] Pharaohs underwent a consecration, related to their coronation rites, in which they were said to have close contact with the gods. [10]
Plutarch described the statue of a seated and veiled goddess in the Egyptian city of Sais. [45] [46] He identified the goddess as "Athena, whom [the Egyptians] consider to be Isis." [45] However, Sais was the cult center of the goddess Neith, whom the Greeks compared to their goddess Athena, and could have been the goddess that Plutarch spoke ...
Ancient Egyptian deities were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion and were worshiped for millennia. Many of them ruled over natural and social phenomena, as well as abstract concepts [1] These gods and goddesses appear in virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian civilization, and more than 1,500 of them are known by name. Many ...
Plutarch identified the goddess as "Athena, whom [the Egyptians] consider to be Isis." [1] Sais was the cult center of the goddess Neith, whom the Greeks compared to their goddess Athena. In Plutarch's time Isis was the preeminent goddess among ancient Egyptian deities, and was frequently syncretized with Neith, and he equates the two. [3]
The Navigium Isidis or Isidis Navigium (trans. the vessel of Isis) [1] was an annual ancient Roman religious festival in honor of the goddess Isis, [2] held on March 5. [3] The festival outlived Christian persecution by Theodosius (391) and Arcadius' persecution against the Roman religion (395). [4]
In Roman Egypt, Menouthis was widely known as an oracular and healing cult centre of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis [4] and it drew devotees from a wide region. [5] The temple of Isis in the city contained religious statues and was decorated with hieroglyphs. [6]
The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of the god Osiris, a primeval king of Egypt, and its consequences. Osiris's murderer, his brother Set, usurps his throne. Meanwhile, Osiris's wife Isis restores her husband's body, allowing him to posthumously conceive their son ...