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Not that it isn’t funny; it certainly is. But poor Isis getting such a bad and underserved rap.
Isis was/is the direct descendent of the Great Mother, still with the west in the form of Mary. She is the feminine archetype for creation. She is the goddess of fertility and motherhood. She has gone by many names and played many roles in history and mythology – but always as goddess and female creator.
Her name literally means Queen of the Throne. Her original headdress was an empty throne chair belonging to her murdered husband, Osiris. As the personification of the throne, she was an important source of the Pharaoh’s power and gave the pharaohs ostensible justification for marrying their sisters because legitimacy descended through the female line. The pharaoh was depicted as her child, who sat on the throne she provided. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt, but the most important sanctuaries were at Behbeit El-Hagar in the Nile delta, and, beginning in the reign with Nectanebo I (380-362 BCE), on the island of Philae in Upper Egypt.
Doesn’t mean she couldn’t smite, but always to protect her children – as any mother with the means to do so would.
She should make sure her smiting is directed toward the right people. They refer to themselves as “ISIL”; it’s the western media that insist on calling them “ISIS.”
Kali39 over 10 years ago
Don’t knock it, Mary. The sad thing is, it works. But the wrong person will get the credit…
BE THIS GUY over 10 years ago
Please, smite them. The sooner the better.
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
Maybe she should just turn back into Andrea Thomas.
Observer fo Irony over 10 years ago
If Isis had a hammer she would nail it.
Thehag over 10 years ago
Call them Daesh and leave the goddess Isis in peace.
Spyderred over 10 years ago
Not that it isn’t funny; it certainly is. But poor Isis getting such a bad and underserved rap.
Isis was/is the direct descendent of the Great Mother, still with the west in the form of Mary. She is the feminine archetype for creation. She is the goddess of fertility and motherhood. She has gone by many names and played many roles in history and mythology – but always as goddess and female creator.
Her name literally means Queen of the Throne. Her original headdress was an empty throne chair belonging to her murdered husband, Osiris. As the personification of the throne, she was an important source of the Pharaoh’s power and gave the pharaohs ostensible justification for marrying their sisters because legitimacy descended through the female line. The pharaoh was depicted as her child, who sat on the throne she provided. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt, but the most important sanctuaries were at Behbeit El-Hagar in the Nile delta, and, beginning in the reign with Nectanebo I (380-362 BCE), on the island of Philae in Upper Egypt.
Doesn’t mean she couldn’t smite, but always to protect her children – as any mother with the means to do so would.
meowlin over 10 years ago
She should make sure her smiting is directed toward the right people. They refer to themselves as “ISIL”; it’s the western media that insist on calling them “ISIS.”