Isis egyptian goddess biography
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Isis
Ancient Egyptian goddess
This article is about the ancient Egyptian goddess.
Isis egyptian goddess biography
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| Isis | |||||
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Composite image of Isis's most distinctive Egyptian iconography, based partly on images from the tomb of Nefertari | |||||
| Name in hieroglyphs | Egyptian: Ꜣūsat Meroitic: Wos[a] or Wusa | ||||
| Major cult center | Behbeit el-Hagar, Philae | ||||
| Symbol | Tyet | ||||
| Parents | Geb and Nut | ||||
| Siblings | Osiris, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder | ||||
| Consort | Osiris, Min, Serapis, Horus the Elder | ||||
| Offspring | Horus, Min, Four Sons of Horus, Bastet | ||||
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 husban