May 2, 2013
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The Egyptian goddess Isis
The Egyptian goddess Isis
Mythology
Isis spreads her wings of protection
seeker of the affirmative, scattered
lament the loss, release the grief
a new God for the underworld bornNurture the war child as eagle
chaos must reside, to mothers hand
pierced by an all seeing eye, order retained
sparked by a vision that sees beyondWith cunning you sought the name
a snake you add to your game
a king almighty beg with fear
poison extract the name unknownCycles of life in ebb and flow
from limbless death life is born
to bring healing in desert land
called by ten thousand namesYour memory persist for long
your name whispered in Philae’s temple
burn frankincense fills the air
in your hand dangles the ankh of life
Comments (4)
Isis has an interesting place in the Egyptian pantheon. Most of the deities have special attributes but Isis seems to be a sort of “Hold-all”of attributes – much like Mary in Christianity – but more active in her interactions with the other Gods.
Since you show an interest in all that is Egyptian. Its worth mentioning, that some of these deities in that era were real humans of skin and bones. It is said, that these so called deities had been at one time great leaders of Egypt and that the priesthood in order immortalize them elevated them to that status. Sort of how in our modern times the Vatican elevates certain people of spiritual importance to saints.
@Nostra_Damus – thank you for sharing another view on the topic. My interest is in mythology as a whole and not specific on the Egyptian mythology. The Egyptian pantheon just have a rich and meaningful background. We often deny our pagan heritage rather than learning from it how humanity’s spiritual conception evolved. Each god or goddess reveals something of what was valued by man over time.
@tychecat - There are a number of goddesses that is similar to Isis in that they were something for everything. I am thinking of for example Bridgit who is very difficult to link to a single tradition. Isis at least have a mythology behind her that can still be told as a story. Somebody like Bridgit was even at some point Christianised to a saint which left her with a very vague mythology.