Isis was venerated first in Egypt - the only goddess worshiped by all Egyptians alike, and whose influence was so widespread that she had become completely syncretic with the Greek goddess Demeter. After the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, and the Hellenization of the Egyptian culture...
nounAn ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility and magic who was the sister and wife of Osiris. from The Century Dictionary. nounThe typical genus of the familyIsidæ. nounInEgypt. myth., the chief female deity; the sister, wife, and counterpart or female form of Osiris, and the mother ...
Here Isis was not only the Egyptian goddess but the great mother goddess. Greek influence is widely apparent, and Isis worship by the Greeks began after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt. When the Romans conquered both Egypt and Greece itself, the worship of Isis spread throughout the Roman ...
The mantle with the fold on the right shoulder is typically Greek. The left foot advanced in front of the right is well- known in both Egyptian and Greek tradition. The statue (6) shows Isis with her typical attributes, sistrum and hydreion. In (4) the goddess has a lotus flower on...
One night the goddess appears and tells himthat the day, so desired by him, has come. Of course she does not forget to tell himthe cost of the ritual but, perhaps as a comfort, she also informs him that it is thehigh priest himself, Mithras, who will initiate him, being joined to...