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In the first millennium BCE, Osiris and Isis became the most widely worshipped Egyptian deities, and Isis absorbed traits from many other goddesses. Rulers in Egypt and its southern neighbor Nubia built temples dedicated primarily to Isis, and her temple at Philae was a religious center for Egyptians and Nubians alike.
Plutarch identified the goddess as "Athena, whom [the Egyptians] consider to be Isis." [1] Sais was the cult center of the goddess Neith, whom the Greeks compared to their goddess Athena. In Plutarch's time Isis was the preeminent goddess among ancient Egyptian deities, and was frequently syncretized with Neith, and he equates the two. [3]
The mysteries of Isis were religious initiation rites performed in the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman world. They were modeled on other mystery rites , particularly the Eleusinian mysteries in honor of the Greek goddesses Demeter and Persephone , and originated sometime between the third century BCE and the second century CE .
She was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 – c. 2181 BCE) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her slain brother and husband, the divine king Osiris, and produces and protects his heir, Horus.
Plutarch described the statue of a seated and veiled goddess in the Egyptian city of Sais. [45] [46] He identified the goddess as "Athena, whom [the Egyptians] consider to be Isis." [45] However, Sais was the cult center of the goddess Neith, whom the Greeks compared to their goddess Athena, and could have been the goddess that Plutarch spoke ...
Anuke – A war goddess [70] Aperet-Isis – One of the wives of Min [146] Ảpet – A Sun disk wearing goddess worshiped at Thebes [7] Astarte – A warrior goddess from Syria and Canaan who entered ancient Egyptian religion in the New Kingdom [147] Ay – A goddess who embodies the raging aspect of the returning goddess [148]
At Jebel Barkal, a site sacred to Amun, the Kushite king Taharqa built a pair of temples, one dedicated to Hathor and one to Mut as consorts of Amun, replacing New Kingdom Egyptian temples that may have been dedicated to these same goddesses. [162] But Isis was the most prominent of the Egyptian goddesses worshipped in Nubia, and her status ...
Menouthis was a sacred city in ancient Egypt, devoted to the Egyptian goddess Isis and god Serapis.The city was probably submerged under the sea as a result of catastrophic natural causes: earthquakes or Nile flood. [1]