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I probably should’ve asked this question in my last Isis post, but whatever.
Anyways, like the subject says: What exactly is Isis the goddess of? Every time I check any source or whatever it says something different. BtN says she’s the goddess of sky and nature, one of my Egypt tour guides said she’s the goddess of love, magic, and other stuff, and other sources say some other stuff like life, motherhood, sky, luck, or she’s the goddess of everything really.
So can anybody confirm this or anything?
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Anyways, like the subject says: What exactly is Isis the goddess of? Every time I check any source or whatever it says something different. BtN says she’s the goddess of sky and nature, one of my Egypt tour guides said she’s the goddess of love, magic, and other stuff, and other sources say some other stuff like life, motherhood, sky, luck, or she’s the goddess of everything really.
So can anybody confirm this or anything?
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She is the goddess of motherhood and love. Also the wife and sister of Osirus.
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OK, understand, most members of polytheistic pantheons have no fixed "roles" - they are gods, they can do anything. What people asked them for changed, and their stories evolved, over time. Frequently several gods were venerated for the same thing at he same time and who people prayed to for what depended more on the popular stories and word of mouth referrals than anything inherent to the deity. It usually didn't hurt to pray to more than one for the same thing, just to hedge your bets. Even deities that began as personifications of nature gain more attributes as stories are told about them. Isis displaced Hathor to some extent, and Hathor before her displaced other deities. There is no canonical work, no orthodoxy except what suited the Pharaohs and priests. The origins and roles of these gods were retconned over and over again, by priests, bards, poets, and political spin-masters.
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So basically, everything?
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According to National Geographic, Isis is the goddess of good fortune, the sea, and travel, as well as being a protector of the dead.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/03-04/isis-egyptian-goddess-worship-spread-egypt-england/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/03-04/isis-egyptian-goddess-worship-spread-egypt-england/
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Right; and remember that Egyptians expected that when they died, if they had been good and were lucky (protector of the dead), they would travel by boat like the sun, giving the right answers and doing the right things as they went, until they arrived at the land of the gods and became pretty much like gods themselves. So, yes, Isis was with them all the way.
And - I love this bit - they were buried, or the important ones were, with tiny model figures which would become their servants in the Afterlife. So, all the work got done but not by living or previously living people: pretty much by humanoid robots.
And - I love this bit - they were buried, or the important ones were, with tiny model figures which would become their servants in the Afterlife. So, all the work got done but not by living or previously living people: pretty much by humanoid robots.
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