Witchcraft~ISIS STATUE 9+" Egyptian Goddess WOMEN MOTHERS CHILDREN MAGIC MEDICINE SAILORS

     Isis is the patron of women, mothers, children, magic, medicine, and the Ritual of Life. In the Hellenistic era she was regarded as the protector of sailors. She is portrayed as a beautiful woman in magnificent clothing, often shown wearing the sun disk between horns on her head.

Isis may be the oldest deity in Egypt, dating from the time God was worshipped throughout most of the world as a woman, and certainly the oldest to survive the ages in much the same form. Although the other gods were worshipped widely, Isis was worshipped almost universally by all Egyptians and eventually through most of the known world. The major goddess of the Egyptian pantheon, she had many of the same attributes of other mother-goddesses found all over the world. She was revered as the great protector, prayed to for guidance, and beseeched for peace in the world. Temples to Isis are found everywhere in Egypt, some of them quite ancient, and many houses had shrines to her devotion. Her worship was taken up by the Greeks and the Romans, and indeed, Isis followers are still found today.

She was the daughter of Nut and Geb, the sister to Osiris, Set, and Nephthys, and the mother of Horus. In earlier times she was not only the wife to Osiris, but his female counterpart, equal in all ways and powers. She was greatly skilled in the use of words of power. She forced Ra to tell her his most secret name and gained his power also. In the Legend of Osiris it is she who travels the world to find all the pieces of his body and it is she who brings him back to life with the aid of Thoth.  Together she and Thoth taught man the secrets of magic, medicine, and agriculture. Her power and great magic were spoken of much in the ancient stories. Yet she is never shown as selfish or cruel, except to those who would harm those she loves. She was even identified as the female counterpart of the primeval abyss of water from which sprang all life. It is manifestly impossible to limit her attributes.

The following are among her titles: -"The Great Lady, the Divine One, the Only One, the Greatest of the Gods and Goddesses, the Queen of All Gods, the God-Mother, Lady of Re-a-nefer; Isis-Nebuut, Lady of Sekhet; Lady of Besitet; Isis in Per Pakht, the Queen of Mesen; Isis of Ta-at-nehepet; Isis, Dweller in Netru; Isis, Lady of Hebet; Isis in P-she-Hert; Isis, Lady of Khebt; Usert-Isis, Giver of Life, Lady of Abaton, Lady of Philae, Lady of the Countries of the South," etc. Isis was called Usert, in Thebes, Aat, in Heliopolis, Menkhet, in Memphis, God-Mother, in Coptos, Hert, in Letopolis; and "Hent," i.e., "Queen," in every nome; and another important list tells us that Isis was called Ament, in Thebes, Menhet, in Heliopolis, renpet, In Memphis, Sept, in Abydos, Hetet, in Behutet, Hurt, in Nekhen, Thenenet, in Hermonthis, Ant, in Dendera, Sesheta, in Hermopolis, Heqet, in Hibiu, Uatchit, in Hipponus, Mersekhen, in Herakleopolis, Renpet, in Crocodilopolis, Neb-tept, in Arsinoe, That, or Tchetut, in Aphroditopolis, and Shetat, in Bubastis. Also,  the female Ra, the female Horus, the Eye of Ra, the Crown of Ra-Heru, Sept, Opener of the Year, Lady of the New Year, Maker of the Sunrise, Lady of Heaven, the Light-giver of Heaven, Lady of the North Wind, Queen of the Earth, Most Mighty One, Queen of the South and North, Lady of the Solid Earth, Lady of Warmth and Fire, Benefactress of the Tuat, She Who is Greatly Feared in the Tuat, the God-mother of Heru-ka-nekht, the Mother of the Horus of Gold, the Lady of Life, Lady of Green Crops, the Green Goddess (Uatchet), Lady of Bread, Lady of Beer, Lady of Abundance, Lady of Joy and Gladness, Lady of Love, the Maker of Kings, Lady of the Great House, Lady of the House of Fire, the Beautiful Goddess, the Lady of Words of Power, Lady of the Shuttle, Daughter of Seb, Daughter of Neb-er-tcher, the Child of Nut, Wife of Ra, Wife of the Lord of the Abyss, Wife of the Lord of the Inundation, the Creatrix of the Nile Flood."