Isis
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Summary
Isis is an Ancient Egyptian deity[1].
Key Facts
- Father: Geb[2]
- Mother: Nut[3]
- Spouse: Osiris[4]
- Child: Horus[5], Anubis[6]
- Student: Gambrinus[7]
- Sex or gender: female[8]
- Part of: Egyptian mythology[9]
- Unmarried partner: Gambrinus[10]
- Worshipped by: religion of ancient Egypt[11], Fellowship of Isis[12], mysteries of Isis[13]
- Depicted by: Isis in Museo archeologico[14], Isis from Villa Adriana[15], statue of Isis[16], Isis restored as Ceres[17], Priestess restored as Isis[18], Isis Pelagia[19], Head of Isis[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[27], Pauly–Wissowa[28]
- Has characteristic: sistrum[29], ankh[30]
- Different from: Islamic State[31]
- Sibling: Seth[32], Nephthys[33], Osiris[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Religion work group[36], WikiProject Ancient Egypt[37], WikiProject Mythology[38], WikiProject Egypt[39], WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome[40], WikiProject Greece[41], WikiProject Rome[42], WikiProject Women in Religion[43], WikiProject Occult[44], WikiProject Women's History[45], WikiProject Sudan[46]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Isis include ESET[47], a business[48], in Slovakia[49], founded in 1992[50], headquartered in Bratislava[51]; mysteries of her[52], a Greco-Roman mysteries[53], in Ancient Rome[54]; Veil of her[55], a philosophical concept[56]; Isidora[57], a female given name[58]; Fellowship of her[59], a religious organization[60], founded in 1976[61]; Isidis Planitia[62], a planitia[63]; HMS Isis[64], a destroyer[65]; and 728 Leonisis[66], an asteroid[67].
Why It Matters
Entities named for her include ESET[47], a business[48], in Slovakia[49], founded in 1992[50], headquartered in Bratislava[51]; mysteries of her[52], a Greco-Roman mysteries[53], in Ancient Rome[54]; Veil of her[55], a philosophical concept[56]; Isidora[57], a female given name[58]; Fellowship of her[59], a religious organization[60], founded in 1976[61]; and Isidis Planitia[62], a planitia[63].
FAQs
Who were Isis's parents?
Isis's father was Geb[2]. Isis's mother was Nut[3].
Who was Isis married to?
Isis's spouses include Osiris[4].