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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 ...
The four sons of Horus were a group of four deities in ancient Egyptian religion who were believed to protect deceased people in the afterlife.Beginning in the First Intermediate Period of Egyptian history (c. 2181–2055 BC), Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef were especially connected with the four canopic jars that housed the internal organs that were removed from the body of the ...
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 ...
At the start of the story, Osiris rules Egypt, having inherited the kingship from his ancestors in a lineage stretching back to the creator of the world, Ra or Atum.His queen is Isis, who, along with Osiris and his murderer, Set, is one of the children of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut.
Set and Nephthys, 1279–1213 BCE, stone, Louvre Set is the son of Geb, the Earth, and Nut, the Sky; his siblings are Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys.He married Nephthys and had had relationships with the foreign goddesses Anat and Astarte in some accounts.It is at least doubtful whether Set was ever held to be the father of Anubis, the child of Nephthys.
Nut / ˈ n ʊ t / [2] (Ancient Egyptian: Nwt, Coptic: Ⲛⲉ [citation needed]), also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion. [3] She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the Earth, [4] or as a cow. She was depicted ...
Women and girls living under ISIS rule are being raped, beaten, and tortured. A new report by the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-extremism think tank, details what life is like for children who ...
Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture. It centered on the Egyptians' interactions with many deities believed to be present and in control of the world. About 1,500 deities are known. [1]