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** Huge Signed Handmade Papyrus Egyptian Queen ISIS Art Painting...32"x12" Inches **
You are bidding on an Egyptian Papyrus Art painting Size 32'' x 12'' which had been skilfully painted by Egyptian artisans on the highest quality papyrus and are characterized by their uniqueness.
It's Signed By The Artist.
The papyrus comes with a Guarantee Certificate that assures the Papyrus to be planted in Egypt and has the same chemical and physical properties that our ancient Egyptian Papyrus had. The colourful hand drawing is very impressive.
Perfect for adding life and color to your home or office. All our prints are of the best quality with brilliant colors.
This print makes a great addition to any collection.
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Isis | The Goddess of Fertility
Isis was the ancient Egyptian goddess of marriage, fertility, motherhood, magic and medicine. Many myths and legends exist about Isis in Egypt and Egyptian literature uses several names and titles for this goddess. Worship of Isis, her temples and her cult spread through Egypt and parts of Europe.
Names, Titles & Roles
Isis is the “Goddess with Ten Thousand Names”
Although this statement is an exaggeration, she does have many names Some of these are Aset, Aust, Eenohebis, Eset, Esu, Hesat, Iahu, Unt, Urethekau, and Werethekau. Isis was also associated with the other Egyptian goddesses, Sekhmet and Hathor. The Greeks worshiped Isis and they associated her with their goddesses; Persephone, Tethys and Athena.
Statue of Isis
Isis is also known under many different titles, such as:
The Divine One
- The Queen of all Gods
- Queen of Heaven
- The Maker of Sunrise
- Mother of God
- Her positions as the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
- Isis’ role as a fertility goddess was also important and caused many women to worship her.
- Her position as a goddess of magic: people would look to her and her cult for spells to solve problems. It is told that she managed to trick Ra into revealing his secret name to her and in doing so, Isis obtained many magical powers.
- Khut: giver of light at the beginning of a new year
- Usert: goddess of the earth
- Thenenet: goddess of the Tuat (the underworld)
- Satis: the Nile flood’s power
- Ankhet: providing fertility from the waters and embracer of the land
- Kekhet: goddess of the fields and the cultivated areas
- Renenet: goddess of the harvest
- Tcheft: goddess of the food offered to the gods by humans
- Ament: lady of the underworld who restored the bodies of the dead so they could live with Osiris in his kingdom.
Goddess Isis - Friend of Artisans
How Was Isis Honored?
Isis had a cult that spread throughout Egypt and parts of Europe. People worshiped Isis as the ideal, fertile mother. Women worshiped in her cult and, at times, were her primary worshipers. Another way Egyptians honored Isis was through the images and statues placed in her temples. She was part of a triad of deities along with Osiris and Horus.
Isis is often shown nursing Horus or the pharaoh. Some aspects of her as a mother might have influenced early Christian ideas about the Virgin Mary. People believed her priests could cure illness and they celebrated festivals for her and her four siblings. These took place on five successive days at the end of the year.
Depictions at the Temple of Philae
Temples
Two of the primary temples dedicated to Isis (in Egypt), were at Behbeit el-Hagar and Philae. Behbeit el Hagar's construction began during the Late Period and it was in use through the Ptolemaic Period. The builders of this temple were the kings of the Thirtieth Dynasty, who worshiped Isis with devotion. Behbeit el Hagar served as a match to Isis’ temple at Philae, in Upper Egypt.
Construction of the temple on the island of Philae began during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. But it was not a prominent temple until the Greco-Roman period. Scholars moved Isis’ temple at Philae during the 1960s to save it from flooding after the building of the Aswan Dam. This temple is intact because people did not remove its stones to construct other buildings.
Family Tree
Isis and Osiris
- Father: Geb, god of the earth
- Mother: Nut, god of the sky
- Brother/Husband: Osiris, god of the dead and resurrection
- Brother: Set, god of evil and darkness
- Sister: Nepthys, goddess of darkness, decay and death
- Brother/Son: Horus, sky god, god of kingship
- Nephew/Son: Anubis, god of embalming. Anubis was the son of Nepthys by either Osiris or Set. His mother abandoned him as a baby but Isis found him and raised him as her son.
- Nephew/Son: Mesthi, guarded the liver of the dead in a Canopic jar, guardian of the South
- Nephew/Son: Hapi, guarded the lungs of the dead in a Canopic jar, guardian of the North
- Nephew/Son: Qeph-Sennuf, guarded the intestines of the dead in a Canopic jar, guardian of the West
- Nephew/Son: Tuamutef, guarded the stomach of the dead in a Canopic jar, guardian of the East
Symbols
Several symbols are associated with Isis:
- Sept: a star that marked the beginning of a new year and the start of the Niles’s flooding.
- Thet: the buckle or knot of Isis. The thet might represent a stylized uterus with its ligatures and a vagina. It was usually made of a red substance and represents blood and life.
- Sacred Animals: cow, scorpion and snake.
- Sacred Birds: dove, hawk, swallow and vulture.
Depiction of Isis
Depictions of Isis show her as a goddess and a human woman. As a goddess, she wears the vulture headdress. This resembled a bird laying on its stomach on top of Isis' head, with its head over her forehead and wings hanging down on each side of her head. Isis wears a jeweled collar and a floor-length gown. She holds a papyrus scepter and an ankh in her hands and is often portrayed with long wings.
Sometimes Isis wears a crown instead of the headdress. One crown has horns surrounding a sun disc. Another crown has the horns of a ram, under the double crown, to associate Isis with Osiris. The depictions showing Isis as a human woman show her wearing plainer clothes but her headdress has an uraeus symbol.
Birth of Horus and Scorpion Myth
One of the most important legends told about Isis concerns the birth of Horus and the scorpion myth. This story begins with Set sealing Osiris in a coffin and throwing it into the Nile. This devastated Isis, so she searched for him and found the coffin inside a cedar column in another land. She brought Osiris back to Egypt and mourned him. Set found the coffin, removed Osiris’ body and tore it into fourteen pieces.
Isis wept as she searched for the pieces and Nepthys heard her. Nepthys helped Isis find thirteen of the pieces but a Nile creature ate the final piece. Thoth taught Isis a spell that allowed her to reassemble Osiris and she used wax to replace the missing piece. The spell also restored Osiris to life for one night, he and Isis had intercourse and she conceived Horus.
Isis nursing Horus
The next morning, Osiris went to the Tuat. Set imprisoned Isis but Thoth helped her escape. Isis traveled surrounded by her seven scorpion goddesses; Tefen, Befen, Mestet, Mestetef, Petet, Thetet and Maatet. They traveled until they came to a village near a papyrus swamp. Isis knocked on the door of a rich woman, seeking aid, but the woman sent her away. Then she came to the home of a peasant woman who took Isis into her home.
The seven scorpion goddesses were angry so Tefen returned to the rich woman’s house, stung her son and set the house on fire. Isis heard the woman’s grief and restored her son’s life. She gave birth to Horus in a papyrus bed and hid him from Set. One day, Set sent a scorpion to sting Horus but Isis was able to save him.
Taking Ra’s Power
Another legend tells how Isis took Ra’s power for Horus. Ra was an old man and spittle trailed from his mouth. Isis took some spittle and mixed it with earth to create a serpent which bit Ra. She promised to heal Ra in exchange for his secret name, which she could use to control him. Ra told her his name then Isis healed him, forced him to abdicated and made Horus king of the gods.
Important Facts
- Isis was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.
- In her role as an excellent mother, ancient women revered her.
- Isis tricked Ra and took his position for Horus.
- Her cult spread throughout the Roman and Greek Empires.
- Isis tried hard to find Osiris and restore him to life regardless of obstacles.
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