Isis and Horus by Edrielle_The_Nympha

2D • Cultural and Spiritual Art • posted on Dec 20, 2007

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Isis - Egyptian Mother Goddess The Gods - Egyptian Gods Isis - Mother"Throne". Egyptian mother goddess. The most important goddess of all Egyptian mythology, Isis assumed, during the course of Egyptian history, the attributes and functions of virtually every other important goddess in the land. Daughter of Geb and Nut according to the Heliopolitan genealogy. Sister and wife of Osiris. Mother of Horus. She was depicted in human form, crowned either by a throne or by cow horns enclosing a sun disk. As the personification of the throne, she was an important source of the pharaoh's power. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt, but the most important sanctuaries were at Giza and at Behbeit El-Hagar in the Nile delta. Isis later had an importan cult in the Greco-Roman world, with sanctuaries at Delos and Pompeii. Her Latin epithet was Stella Maris, or "star of the sea". It was Isis who retrieved and reassembled the body of Osiris after his murder and dismemberment by Seth. In this connection she took on the role of a goddess of the dead and of funeral rites. Isis impregnated herself from the corpse and subsequently gave birth to Horus. She gave birth in secrecy at Khemmis in the Nile delta and hid the child from Seth in the papyrus swamps. Horus later defeated Seth and became the first ruler of a united Egypt. Isis, as mother of Horus, was by extension regarded as the mother and protectress of the pharaohs. The relationship between Isis and Horus may also have influenced the Christian conception of the relationship between Mary and the infant Jesus Christ. The depiction of the seated holding or suckling the child Horus is certainly reminiscent of the iconography of Mary and Jesus.

Comments (20)

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ontar1

10:38PM | Thu, 20 December 2007

Beautiful, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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stevey3d

12:30AM | Fri, 21 December 2007

Lovely Image! 5+

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Rodma_Hu

1:54PM | Fri, 21 December 2007

Excellent presentation and artwork.

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juca

5:00PM | Fri, 21 December 2007

Cgreat words and beautiful job!!!

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RobyHermida

8:29PM | Fri, 21 December 2007

A time to think of Jesus' birth... A time to reconcile... A time to forgive... A time of Christmas! Very Merry Christmas for you and your family... A hug of Bear, from Argentina. Roby

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idiot_sphinx

10:04PM | Tue, 25 December 2007

Lovely image and interesting title . Sort of a Da Vinci twist to this wonderful Madonna and child . Lovely work and Happy holidays to you and yours :) !!~BRAVO~!!

stormbringer80229

11:29PM | Tue, 25 December 2007

Beautiful work!!! Hope to see more!

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Lucterios

7:56PM | Mon, 31 December 2007

Very nice Religious work. Yes, in fact, christianism has many reminiscences of the Egyptian religion.

Kuiski

7:52AM | Thu, 10 January 2008

Un hermoso trabajo, realmente muchos de los personajes de todas las religiones tienen incorporados aspectos de otras más antiguas, la mayor parte de los casos para quitar lo "profano" de las festividades

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LudyMelltSekher

9:36PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Hola mi querida amiga, Absolutamente fantástico y maravilloso trabajo, excelente como siempre, Felicitaciones! Ten un maravilloso fin de semana y muchas gracias por tu apoyo y tus oraciones. beso gigante en tu corazón. Bendiciones luminosas. Ludy

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