"Isis, Mistress of Magic... Unlike her twin sister Nephthys, Isis is one of the most famous goddesses of ancient Egypt. Her worship originated in Africa, albeit in a different form with the original myths of the goddess long forgotten. Her fame quickly spread to all corners of the Roman empire."
Isis was the husband of Osiris, Nephthys and Seth, the daughter of Nut and Geb and the mother of Horus the Child.
Isis is depicted as a woman wearing a vulture head-dress and the solar disk between a pair of horns (which is sometimes underneath the symbol of her name , the throne). Occasionally she wears the double-crowns of the North and the South with the feather of Ma'at, or a pair of ram's horns. Isis as a woman (not a goddess) is portrayed with the ordinary head-dress of a woman, but with the uraeus over her forehead.
As the wife of Osiris, Isis assisted her husband during his earthly reign. In the Pyramid Texts, allusions are made that indicate that Isis foresaw her husband's murder. Following his death, Isis tirelessly searched for his body so that he may be properly buried and may rest in peace in the Underworld. Through her magic, she brought Osiris back to life so that he could impregnate her with their son Horus.
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