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Other information comes from Plutarch (c. 46 –120 CE), whose book On Isis and Osiris interprets the Egyptian deities based on his Middle Platonist philosophy, [155] and from several works of Greek and Latin literature that refer to Isis's worship, especially a novel by Apuleius (c. 125 –180 CE) known as Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass ...
Animal cults, a characteristically Egyptian form of worship, became increasingly popular in this period, possibly as a response to the uncertainty and foreign influence of the time. [136] Isis grew more popular as a goddess of protection, magic, and personal salvation, and became the most important goddess in Egypt. [137]
The Isis cult developed its mysteries in response to the widespread belief that the Greek mystery cults had originated with Isis and Osiris in Egypt. [9] As the classicist Miguel John Verlsuys puts it, "For the Greeks, the image of Egypt as old and religious was so strong that they could not but imagine Isis as a mystery goddess."
Of those gods who did have temples of their own, many were venerated mainly in certain areas of Egypt, though many gods with a strong local tie were also important across the nation. [13] Even deities whose worship spanned the country were strongly associated with the cities where their chief temples were located.
It is located at the temple of Isis on the island of Philae, in Upper Egypt believed to be one of the final remaining places of worship of native Egyptian religion. [17] By this time, Egyptian religion was largely confined to the south of the country and to the distant, isolated Siwa Oasis in the west. [18]
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.
The cult of Isis and Osiris continued at Philae until at least the 450s CE, long after the imperial decrees of the late 4th century that ordered the closing of temples to "pagan" gods. Philae was the last major ancient Egyptian temple to be closed. [54]
The Temple of Isis. The Temple of Isis too portrayed an Egyptian influence on Pompeii’s art. Wall painting of the Navigium Isidis from Pompeii VIII.7.28 (The Temple of Isis. Specifically, the walls of the temple are decorated with a variety of Egyptian mythological scenes. One fresco depicts the reception of lo by Isis at Canopus in Egypt.