Isis is part of the Ennead of Heliopolis, a family of nine deities descended from the creator god, Atum or Ra. She and her siblings—Osiris, Set, and Nephthys—are the last generation of the Ennead, born to Geb, god of the earth, and Nut, goddess of the sky.
Ra had three daughters Bastet, Sekhmet and Hathor, who were all considered the Eye of Ra, who would seek out his vengeance. Sekhmet was the Eye of Ra and was created by the fire in Ra's eye.
In this tale, Isis forms a clay snake with spittle dribbled by the ageing sun-god, the creator Ra. When the snake bites Ra, only Isis can save him, but she does this only when Ra reveals his secret name to her.
The goddess Isis (healing, childbirth, "throne") wants "to rule over the earth jointly with [Ra]" (204). She thought she could get this power by learning Ra's secret name.
Isis, an Egyptian Goddess
She had siblings who were Osiris, Seth (or Set), and Nephthys. Her great-grandfather was the creator god Ra. Isis eventually married her brother Osiris and they ruled as king and queen of Egypt. She gave birth to their son, whom they also named Horus, the falcon-headed god.
For example, Isis' reason for poisoning Ra is sometimes because Ra (the sun) is too close to the earth and burning people up, so she tricks him to help others. In another version, Isis poisons him to get the power needed to either make her husband, Osiris, king of Egypt, or to miraculously give birth to her son Horus.
Isis is part of the Ennead of Heliopolis, a family of nine deities descended from the creator god, Atum or Ra. She and her siblings—Osiris, Set, and Nephthys—are the last generation of the Ennead, born to Geb, god of the earth, and Nut, goddess of the sky.
Her power is spoken of much in the ancient stories, and she may have been even more powerful than Ra and Osiris. She did after all trick Ra's secret name out of him to gain his power. Yet she is never shown as selfish or cruel, except to those who would harm those she loves.
Hathor ascended with Ra and became his mythological wife, and thus divine mother of the pharaoh.
In some versions of the story, the Eye of Ra weeps at finding herself replaced, and her tears become the first humans. Ra appeases her by giving her an exalted position; she would reside on his forehead in the form of a rearing snake, the Uraeus.
Ra, as the first god, created heka and harnessed it, resulting in the birth of Heka who then maintained and controlled the divine magic afterwards. Ra is therefore associated with this transformative power, which linked him with the sun that allowed for growth.
In ancient Egyptian, Ra's name simply meant “sun.” As with many mythologies, Egyptian gods had a multiplicity of names. Ra had many other names, and was sometimes called Re, Amun-Re, Khepri, Ra-Horakhty, and Atum. Each of these names was typically associated with a different aspect of Ra's being.
Ra had two children Shu, the god of air and Tefnut, the goddess of morning dew. They had two children named Nut, the goddess of the sky and Geb, the god of earth. They had four children named Isis, the goddess of home, Nephthys, the goddess of mourning, Set, the god of the desert, and Osiris, god of the afterlife.
Ra was the king of the deities and the father of all creation. He was the patron of the sun, heaven, kingship, power, and light. He was not only the deity who governed the actions of the sun, he could also be the physical sun itself, as well as the day.
t) or Raet-Tawy (Ancient Egyptian: 𓇳𓏏𓇾𓇾, romanized: rꜥj. t-tꜣ. wj) is an ancient Egyptian solar deity, the female aspect of Ra. Her name is simply the female form of Ra's name; the longer name Raet-Tawy means "Raet of the Two Lands" (Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt).
The most well-known of Ra's children are Bastet, Ma'at, Hathor, and Sekhmet. The Egyptians also believed that Ra merged with other gods, including Amun, who was originally the god of Thebes, and Atum, another creator-god. Through Amun, Ra also issued Shu and Tefnut, who at first wandered away from him.
When the breath of life was strong and ready, the entity called Atum decided it was time for Creation to begin. An island emerged from the water to support this divinity, who manifested itself in the form of Ra, the sun god of Egypt.
Among the first and oldest gods, Ra has existed for eternity. He brought all creation to life and in addition to creating many gods, he brought to life two sons: Osiris and Set.
But because Isis was also Seth's sister, she wavered during the eventual battle between Horus and Seth. In one episode Isis took pity on Seth and was in consequence beheaded by Horus (the beheading was reversed by magic). Eventually she and Horus were reconciled, and Horus was able to take the throne of Egypt.
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Apep was viewed as the greatest enemy of Ra, and thus was given the title Enemy of Ra, and also "the Lord of Chaos". Apep was seen as a giant snake or serpent leading to such titles as Serpent from the Nile and Evil Dragon. Some elaborations said that he stretched 16 yards in length and had a head made of flint.
The Eye of Ra or Eye of Re is a being in ancient Egyptian mythology that functions as a feminine counterpart to the sun god Ra and a violent force that subdues his enemies. The eye is an extension of Ra's power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it often behaves as an independent goddess.
Ra is the god of the sun and the king or father of all Egyptian gods. He's often shown in human form with a hawk head, a golden disk with a serpent on top of his head as a crown, a scepter in his left hand, and an ankh in his right hand.
Early civilizations recognized the importance of the sun. The chief deity in many ancient cultures was a sun god or goddess. Ancient Egyptians worshipped Ra, a falcon-headed god who carried the sun disk on his headdress. Every day, Ra would cross the sky in "solar boats."