Dec 8, 2022 · Isis was the supreme sorceress and healer of the Egyptian pantheon, a devoted wife and mother. Thanks to her power and wits, she both saved her husband’s body and …

Nov 29, 2022 · Isis was in the village of Chemmis (or Koptos), near Thebes, when she felt her husband’s death. Sensing the truth in her feelings, she immediately went into mourning. A …

Nov 29, 2022 · The antelope is thought to represent Set, whom Horus defeated to become ruler of Egypt. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain. A passing familiarity with the major …

Nov 29, 2022 · Like Isis and Osiris, Nephthys and Set were married before birth. Though the marriage of Isis and Osiris was full of love, Nephthys and Set’s relationship was not. In later …

Nov 29, 2022 · Egyptian gods and goddesses were incarnations of both natural phenomena, such as the sun, and social phenomena, like knowledge. Egypt itself was ruled by a pharaoh who …

Aug 8, 2023 · It was in Egypt that Io was at last restored to her true form and gave birth to a son, Epaphus. In later times, Io was often identified with the Egyptian goddess Isis . Io’s story is …

Nov 29, 2022 · In another tale, Isis was attacking Set’s forces under the guise of the goddess Sekhmet. When Set spotted her, he immediately recognized the goddess for who she truly …

Nov 29, 2022 · When the intercalated days finally arrived, Nut gave birth to Osiris, Horus, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. Ra’s secret name. The Egyptians believed that names held power, so …

Nov 29, 2022 · Despite Isis’s medical prowess, she was incapable of healing him. Her woe (or perhaps Horus’s serious injury) brought Ra’s solar barque to a halt, prompting Thoth to visit …

Nov 29, 2022 · By 2000BCE, Anubis had become a bastard child of Nephthys and Osiris. In this new version of Anubis’s origins, Nephthys abandoned Anubis for fear that her husband Set …