Isis
deity sky Egyptian single tradition · 97
Isis is identified with the sun goddess Shamash and Ishtar in the context of Sabaean worship.
↻ synthesized from 97 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshiped since at least the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Shamash, Persephone, Serket, Diana, Harsomtus, Hathor, Baalat Gebal, Hatmehit, Hesat, Serapis, Renenutet, Satet, Sopdet, Zisa, Ištar, Freyja, Aphrodite, Mehet-Weret, Hededet, Ꜣst-wrt-ḥꜢt-mḥyt, Isis-Aphrodite, Artemis (Diana), Venus
- co occurs with
- Auðumbla, Ymir, Búri, Horakhti, Nemty, Minerva, Jupiter, Silvanus, Victoria, Nemausus, Liber, Baal-Hadad, Jupiter Heliopolitanus, Plotina, Maahes, Sekhmet, Ptah, Dumuzi, Ningishzida, Ereshkigal, Apophis, Hapi, Bennu, Neferhotep, Eye of Ra, Ipet, Dea Gravida, Bastet, Hermanubis, Seker, Mot, Huur, Spandaramet, Andjety, Aqen, Assessors of Maat, Duamutef, Imset, Kherty, Medjed, Nehebkau, Wepwawet, Tasenetnofret, Panebtawy, Hestia, Melinoe, Pandora, Swallower Of Sinners, Desert-Protector, Stinger, Mistress Of Food, Lady Of Duration, Flame-Eyed, Shining One, Meeyuty, Iah, Horus the Younger, Ptah-Seker, Ptah-Seker-Osiris, Seker-Osiris, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Pakhet, Sarapis, Hygieia, Grannus, Sirona, Mother of the Gods, Core, Mars Sagatus, Eros, Heru-pa-Khered, Bubastis, Sol Invictus, Horus the Child, Virbius, Hippolytus, Amun-Ra, Khnum-Ra, Min-Ra, Cybele, Chokmah, Jehovah Elohim, Tzaphkiel, Aralim, Sathariel, Bast, Aphrodite, Tanit, Hand-of-Venus, Hand-of-Mary, Sol, Castor, Pollux, Luna, Hera, Inanna, Juno, Juno Dolichena, Queen of Heaven, Hariese, Meretseger, Shu, Khnum, Khepri, Sia, Dysaules, Baubo, Misme, Nerthus, Rheda, Baduhenna, Regnator omnium deus, Tamfana, Mnevis, Sekhat-Hor, Mehet-Weryt, Shedyt, Sema-wer, Ageb-wer, Dione, Banebdjedet, Kronos, Ouranos, Byblian Aphrodite, Sopdu, Sah, Shai, Nepri, Geb, Horus the Elder, Ra-Atum, Re-Horakhty, Haroeris, Anhur, Babi, Repyt, Kolanthes, Aperetiset, Iabet, Sopdet, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Dionysus, Demeter, Apis, Anat, Maga, Ennead, Horus, Sobek-Ra, Nekhbet, Tefnut, Wadjet, Anuket, Hathor, Heqet, Amunet, Satis, Anput, Hesat, Serket, Wosret, Týr, Rhea, Adrasteia, Ananke, Ma'at, Atum, Nut, Qebehsenuef, Hapy, Neith, Renenutet, Serqet, sons of Horus, Sendjet, Osiris, Sobek, Sabbac, Eclipso, Granny Goodness, DeSaad, Wōden, Hercules, Anubis, Imiut, Khenti-Seh-netjer, Mut, Sa-en-Hathor (II), Sa-Hathor (I), Re, Ihy, Sokar, Harsomtus, Menat, Khonshu, Helios, Phaethon, Tethys, Iris, Aroueris, Seth, Eye of Horus, Thoth, Nephthys, Sun-God, Ramman, Sothis, Serapis, Harpocrates, Musaeus, Ibis, Tot-Hermes, Ineffable Name, Im-ho-tep, Set, Naneferkaptah, Imhotep, Magna Mater, Amun, Almaqah, Apollo, Hermes, Aker, Gaia, Zeus, Menhit, Hecate, the Virgin Mary, Bat, Asherah, Aten, Mars, Astarte, Hades, Ra, Thor, Odin, Mercury, God
- parent of
- Bastet, Anubis, Dionysus, Apis, Mise, Harpocrates, Four sons of Horus, Ihy, Hoor-pa-kraat, Horus, Min
- allied with
- Nephthys, Wadjet, Apedemak, Amun, Satis, Serapis, Neith, Qebehsenuef, Osiris, Thoth, Anubis, Harpocrates, Dioscuri, Hathor, Horus, Jupiter Dolichenus, Iabet, Sobek, Arensnuphis, Heka, Imsety, Amesemi, Meskhenet, Peteese, Pihor, seven minor scorpion deities, Imentet, Osiris-Andjety, pillar of djed, Ankh-es-en-Amon, Four Evangelists
- manifests as
- Taweret
- serves
- Qebehsenuef, Osiris
- consort of
- Serapis, Black Adam, Osiris, Min
- manifested by
- Great Mother
Mentioned by
- Mehet-Weret
- Hededet
- Ꜣst-wrt-ḥꜢt-mḥyt
- Isis-Aphrodite
- Artemis (Diana)
- Venus
- Almaqah
- Apollo
- Hermes
- Aker
- Gaia
- Zeus
- Menhit
- Hecate
- the Virgin Mary
- Bat
and 29 more
Sources
wikipedia (97)
Source passages
“the sun goddess Shamash / Ishtar / Isis, who was also venerated in Saba, but as a tutelary goddess of the royal Egyptian dynasty”
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“Simek compares the deity to a variety of cow-associated deities among non-Germanic peoples, such as the Egyptian goddess Hathor (depicted as cow-headed) and Isis (whose iconography contains references to cows), and the Ancient Greek Hera (described as 'the cow-eyed').”
#5778 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“some later accounts have Osiris being brought back to life by Isis.”
#9576 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Edna R. Russmann has suggested that in this context they represent Isis and Nephthys, two major funerary goddesses, instead.”
#10225 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Seth fears magical intervention by Isis, Horus' wife (in early Egyptian mythology), and so holds the gathering on an island, instructing Nemty not to allow anyone resembling Isis to be ferried there.”
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