Isis

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Egyptian goddess deity mythological figure

Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Isis (Egyptian goddess)	1
Isis Astarte	1
Isis Fortuna	1
Isis Lactans	1
Isis Myrionymos	1
Isis Pelagia	1
Isis Pharia	1
Isis Regina	1
Isis Sothis	1
Isis-Aphrodite	1
Isis-Demeter	1
gift of Isis	1
goddess Isis	1

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian goddess ⓘ deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
associatedWith	fertility ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ healing ⓘ kingship ⓘ magic ⓘ motherhood ⓘ protection ⓘ resurrection ⓘ royal throne ⓘ
cultDeclinePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: late Roman Empire
cultSuppressedBy	Christian Roman emperors ⓘ
culture	Greco-Roman world ⓘ ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	kite (bird) hovering over Osiris ⓘ woman nursing the infant Horus ⓘ woman with cow horns and solar disk ⓘ woman with throne hieroglyph on her head ⓘ
hasChild	Horus ⓘ
hasConsort	Osiris ⓘ
hasCultTitle	Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Astarte Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Fortuna Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Lactans Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Myrionymos Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Pelagia Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Pharia Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Regina Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Sothis Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis-Aphrodite Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis-Demeter Isis-Serapis ⓘ Tyche ⓘ surface form: Isis-Tyche
hasSibling	Nephthys ⓘ Osiris ⓘ Set ⓘ
hasSymbol	ankh ⓘ sistrum ⓘ solar disk between cow horns ⓘ throne hieroglyph ⓘ tyet knot ⓘ
lastMajorTempleClosed	Philae in 6th century CE ⓘ
linkedToDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ Astarte ⓘ Demeter ⓘ Hathor ⓘ Serapis ⓘ Sothis ⓘ Tyche ⓘ
motherOf	Horus ⓘ
nameMeaning	throne ⓘ
parent	Geb ⓘ Nut ⓘ
partOfMyth	Osiris myth ⓘ
role	goddess of seafaring in Greco-Roman period ⓘ healer of the sick ⓘ ideal mother ⓘ mourning goddess ⓘ patroness of magic ⓘ protector of the dead ⓘ protector of the king ⓘ
spouseOf	Osiris ⓘ
textualSource	Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ
veneratedIn	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ ancient Egypt ⓘ
worshipCenter	Abydos ⓘ Alexandria ⓘ Behbeit el-Hagar ⓘ Canopus ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Delos ⓘ Gaul ⓘ surface form: Gaul (Roman sanctuaries of Isis) City of London ⓘ surface form: London (Roman temple of Isis) Philae ⓘ Piraeus ⓘ Pompeii ⓘ Rome ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nephthys → alliedWith → Isis ⓘ

Temple of Kalabsha → alsoAssociatedWithDeity → Isis ⓘ

Egyptians → ancientDeities → Isis ⓘ

Busiris → associatedDeity → Isis ⓘ

Dendera → associatedDeity → Isis ⓘ

Temple of Philae → associatedDeity → Isis ⓘ

Valley of the Queens → associatedDeity → Isis ⓘ

Abydos → associatedWith → Isis ⓘ

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → associatedWith → Isis ⓘ

Serapis → associatedWith → Isis ⓘ

Cleopatra VII → associatedWithDeity → Isis ⓘ

ankh → associatedWithDeity → Isis ⓘ

Osiris myth → centralDeity → Isis ⓘ

Isis-Serapis → combinesAttributesOf → Isis ⓘ

Abu Simbel temples → dedicatedTo → Isis ⓘ

this entity surface form: goddess Isis

Behbeit el-Hagar → dedicatedTo → Isis ⓘ

Philae → dedicatedTo → Isis ⓘ

Temple of Beit el-Wali → dedicatedTo → Isis ⓘ

Temple of Debod → dedicatedTo → Isis ⓘ

Temple of Dendur → dedicatedTo → Isis ⓘ

Temple of Philae → dedicatedTo → Isis ⓘ

Ennead of Heliopolis → fourthGeneration → Isis ⓘ

Isidore → hasComponent → Isis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isis (Egyptian goddess)

Isis-Serapis → hasComponentDeity → Isis ⓘ