Isis Isis the the winged goddess of magic and nature. She is viewed as the perfect wife and mother by her worshippers. Her followers are mainly compri

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1 Egyptian Mythology

2 Isis Isis the the winged goddess of magic and nature. She is viewed as the perfect wife and mother by her worshippers. Her followers are mainly comprised of slaves and those less fortunate. Isis is the wife of Osiris (he is also her brother) and the mother of Horus, and the first daughter of Geb, the god of the Earth and Nut the Goddess of the Sky. When Osiris was murdered it was Isis who revived him, some believe the nile floods every years because of the tears she had shed for her husband.

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4 Osiris Osiris God of the dead and ruler of the underworld, he is also worshipped as the god of fertility and resurrection. Osiris is the husband of Isis and father of Horus, he wore a pharaoh s crown with two peacock feathers. Osiris introduced humans to farming, he was the one who brought plants and seasons to earth and he taught the people how to farm. Osiris was a judge of the underworld, he was know as fair and merciful. Osiris was loved by all, this attention Osiris was getting began to make Seth jealous which led seth to murder Osiris. Seth had created a wooden box and said whoever could fit in it could keep it, while Osiris was in the box Seth nailed it shut and threw it into the Nile. Isis recover the chest, and revived Osiris. When seth found out he killed Osiris again but this time buried it all over Egypt.

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6 Horus Horus is the son of Isis and Osiris. He is the falcon headed God of the Sky, his eyes are the sun and the moon, the right the sun and the left the moon. It is said the moon is not as bright as the sun because during a fight with Seth his eye had been gouged out. Horus represented upper Egypt and Seth lower Egypt.

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8 Neith Neith worshipped as the Mother Goddess. She is said to have risen out of the Nile. Neith is thought to have invented childbirth, she is responsible for the creation of the Gods, animals and humans. She is seen as the protector of marriage and women.

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10 Geb Geb is the God of Earth. He is the twin of nut Goddess of the sky. Geb is partially responsible for the production of crops and the fertility of the land. At birth Geb and Nut were intwined with each other and when their parents separated them Geb was pushed down forming the earth and Nut was pushed up creating the sky. Geb s laugh is the cause of earthquakes.

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12 Nut Nut the Goddess of the sky. Her twin brother Geb is the God of Earth. Being the Goddess of the Sky she is responsible for protecting the world from the chaos above. When she and her brother were separated she was pushed up becoming the sky and her brother down becoming the Earth, when she was pushed up her hands and feet became the four points on the compass. Her laughter is thought to be the cause of thunder.

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14 Sekhmet Sekhmet is a Goddess with a woman s body but lions head. Goddess of fire, war, vengeance and healing as well as being the gods punisher, she was sent to Earth to punish the humans by Ra, her father when they had stopped worshipping him. While on Earth she destroyed crops and killed any worshippers of Apep she could get a hold of.

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16 Ammut Ammut was a Goddess who ate the hearts of the deceased if they had lived a wicked life and not allowed to enter the underworld. She was known as Devourer of the Dead. Her form was comprised of the three most fearsome animals; legs of a hippo, body of a lion and head of a crocodile.

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18 Anubis Anubis the Jackal headed God, he was associated with mummification and the dead. When the dead faced their judgement to determine whether or not they will enter the underworld, Anubis would weigh their hearts against a feather from Maat, the Goddess of Truth. If they had lived a pure life they were allowed to enter the underworld, if not Ammut would eat their hearts.

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20 Thoth the God of the Moon and Wisdom, he had a of a bird. He had invented many sciences such as; geometry, magic, medicine, music and writing. Thoth s responsiblities included watching the scales and recording the names of all those whom had died and come to have their hearts weighed. Thoth

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22 Maat Matt the Goddess of truth harmony and justice. The daughter of Ra and the wife of Thoth. He main contribution to Egyptian mythology was the use of her feathers. Her feathers were used to weigh the hearts of the dead to determine if they could enter the underworld. An honest heart would be as light as her feather, a troubled hart would tip the scales and than be devoured by Ammut.

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24 Apep Apep the snake God, lies in the underworld everyday attacking the sun God, and everyday Seth and his army of dead defeat him. Everyday Apep comes to life again to attack the sun god as he travels through the sky.

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26 Work Cited Dhal, Jeff. Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, wife of Osiris. Isis is usually represented as a woman with the throne-hieroglyph on her head, symbolizing her as the wife of Osiris, the king of the afterlife. Isis can also be represented as a bird (called a kite) wearing the same headdress. In another form, Isis bears the headdress used by Hathor, consisting of a sun-disk and cow horns. Digital image. N.p., 20 Dec Web. 8 Mar < File:Isis.svg>. Gini-Newman, Garfield, and Elizabeth Graham. Echoes from the Past: World History to the 16th Century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Print. In Ancient Egyptian mythology, Isis used magic to resurrect her dead husband Osiris. Digital image. Bankingtech.com, n.d. Web. 8 Mar < 2013/11/isis-drawing2-Egyptian-goddess-240x180.jpg>. "List of 15 Most Worshiped Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses." - History Lists. History Lists, n.d. Web. 12 Mar < - g oddesses.html>. Maler, Ägyptischer. Isis. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar < Osiris Tomb. Digital image. N.p., 14 Mar Web. Wilkinson, Philip, and Neil Philip. Illustrated Dictionary of Mythology: Heroes, Heroines, Gods, and Goddesses from around the World. New York: DK Pub., Print.

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