The fact that Isis' skin is sometimes depicted as blue in these images reinforces the belief in her powers over life and death, and her importance to all people. Twentieth Dynasty, c. Her outspread wings are ready to receive and enfold souls in her star-studded bosom.
She is one of the most ancient deities in Egyptian mythology. As sky Goddess, her primary role is receiving and protecting the dead. She also has three primary depictions. In the first, she is shown with blue skin, her wings outstretched and a star-studded bosom. In the second she is seen in human form with yellow skin, lying down outstretched or arching over the earth. In the third, she is depicted as a sycamore tree with her body as the trunk and her arms as the limbs. In the first depiction of Nut, her skin color, her wings, and the stars on her chest are all symbolic.
Similar to Isis, her blue skin color represents life and rebirth, and her outstretched wings represent her protection of the dead. The stars on her bosom are what distinguish her from Isis along with the absence of a headdress. The stars symbolize two things. First, they represent Nut's association with the Heavens.
Second, the stars represent the dead because the Egyptians believed that after death, the human's souls went to the Heavens to become stars Lesko In this way, the stars on her chest symbolize Nut welcoming the dead into her realm.
When Nut is portrayed in human form, her yellow skin, her braided hair, her nudity, and the positioning of her body all symbolize different aspects of her. As with Isis, the yellow skin represents her immortality. Unlike Isis, her light skin also symbolizes the stars in the sky. It is rare for Egyptian deities to be depicted as nude. Nut is an exception because she is depicted nude because she is about to give birth.
In this way, her nudity represents her motherhood, as does her braided hair women in labor often braided their hair to keep it out of the way Lesko As such, she can be viewed as the archetype of the mother, who gives birth to all things. Nut is often portrayed as bending over the earth with her fingertips on one horizon and her toes on the other.
This is symbolic of her role as the embodiment of the Heavens Lesko This image then symbolizes the power of Nut over both the Sun and the Moon. It also reinforces her connection to her husband Geb, the God of the Earth. The reclining form of Nut shows her lying down, fully outstretched.
The final depiction of Nut is of the goddess as a sycamore tree with the trunk as her body and the limbs as her arms. The sycamore represented the cosmos in Egyptian art, and due to this, Nut is here imaged as the universe. Often in these depictions, she is shown reaching out from the tree "to offer the deceased food and water" Wilkinson In this way, the tree symbolizes Nut's protection of the dead and the blessings she bestows upon them.
As he grew up, he learned to ward off danger and became strong enough to fight Seth and claim his rightful inheritance, the throne of Egypt. As a result, Horus is associated with the title of kingship , the personification of divine and regal power.
Kings believed they were descended from Horus, who was considered to be the first divine king of Egypt. Back to Exhibitions. Horus H orus, the falcon-headed god, is a familiar ancient Egyptian god. Or perhaps in the cleverness of the black kite the Egyptians saw a reflection of the cleverness of the Goddess Isis as She tricked the enemy Set time and again.
They are the protection spread out over the deceased in the tomb. Their shadow is our shelter in this life and the next. For human beings, wings have always exerted a strong fascination and engendered intense longing. We are in awe of the ability of winged creatures to fly under their own power. Yet beyond physical flight, wings also commonly symbolize spiritual flight—ascent to the Heavens. And since feelings of rising, floating, or flying upwards can accompany spiritual experience, it is quite natural for cultures throughout the world to conceive of spirit beings—from angels to faeries—as winged.
In Egypt, a very ancient conception of the cosmos envisioned the Heavens as the enormous wings of the great falcon God Horus.
These heavenly wings, attached to the disk of the Sun, were a common Egyptian protective motif. In fact, the image of the winged disk of Egypt was so powerful that other peoples, such as the Babylonians and the Hittites, adopted it.
This protective aspect of the symbol of wings was key in Egyptian thought; so almost invariably, when you see the open wings of a Deity, the wings are intended to protect—and Isis is the protective Goddess par excellence. An Egyptian mourning posture mimicked the protective embrace of Osiris by Isis. The open wings of Isis can also be related to a posture seen in images of the ancient Egyptian Bird Goddess.
This is the posture of the famous Neolithic statuette of a so-called dancing woman with her arms raised in an open curve above her head, and which has become a popular amulet among modern Goddess worshippers. The same posture can be seen in the Goddess figures that ride in the curved boats that were a favorite theme of pre-dynastic Egyptian pottery and petroglyphs. According to Egyptologist Louis Breasted, the posture is typical of Egypt.
And although these ancient figures do not have obvious wings, their unwinged but upraised arms foreshadow the winged, upraised arms of Goddesses seen in later Egyptian art. These beak-faced figures are often identified as Bird Goddesses, so perhaps the wings are implied—or they may indicate that the figures represent human priestesses who are imitating their Bird Goddess.
Excellent post! The winged aspect of Isis is comforting as well as beautiful. One of the reasons I love Isis with wings is it also demonstrates Her freedom, power and self-fulfillment as both woman and goddess. I find that very empowering. Very informative. I lack funds, but in making a list I can ask the Ether for things to be provided to me in a form I can afford.
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