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The Egyptian deity Horus as a Roman emperor. The figure bears the falcon-head of Horus, topped by the characteristic double crown (pschent) of Egyptian pharaohs, but also wears Roman armor (specifically lorica squamata, consisting of metal scales sewn to a fabric backing) with a small gorgoneion. Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE. Now in the Louvre. Photo credit: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons /

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when i think of Sekhmet, I think of the fierce protective mother. When i had no human filling that role in my life, she was there. It was her, Sekhmet, who took me in. She was harsh, yes, but through the stumbling blocks given, I learned that it was OK to make mistakes, that it was ok to NOT be perfect.

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Hail, Divine Mother, Freyja-Hathor-Aset! Goddess off the Suebi, Queen of Heaven, Mistress of Love and War! Venusian goddess of the cosmos, of Moon and Sun! I honor you, divine goddess, Lady of all fertility, physical, mental, and spiritual! You art the Queen of Earth, and Lady of Heaven! You art the divine Mother, of all beings, Who wears many names throughout time, Boundless names, all of them true, all of them powerful! I adore thee, beloved of the dying + ressurecting one, Beloved of the green lord, beloved of the seeker of wisdom! I adore thee, Queen of Heaven!

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O’ Aset-Hetheru

Great Mother Goddess

She who Suckled Heru

My arms are raised.

My feet are planted firmly on the ground.

Your praises I sing.

My ba soars towards you like the kite,

fluid and fast,

soaring towards your safe embrace.

Instill me with your ka,

O’ Great Eye of Ra,

and lift me up so I may become akh.

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I dusted off the Isis shrine, cleaned up a lot of incense ash, and rearranged the things a little bit. Someone gave me a huge statue for my birthday the year before last and I'm finally trying it out to see how I feel about it. It's.....tall. You can't really tell from the photos but there is a shocking amount of lapis lazuli stashed away here.

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| Ave Isis, Regina Caelorum (WiP) | A devotional piece dedicated to my Holy Mother.

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Osiris/Ausir, God of the Duat, life and rebirth

Who is Osiris?

Osiris is the son of the Sky Goddess Nut and Earth God Geb. His siblings are Isis, who is also his wife, Seth and Nepthys. He was said to be one of the first Pharoahs of Egypt. He civilized the people and taught agriculture. He is the God of agriculture, life, death, fertility and the king of the Underworld, the Duat.

During Osiris' reign, his younger brother Seth, jealous of his power to rule, murdered him. Seth invited him to a party, and had out a bejewelled box which he promised to anybody who could fit inside of it. After many failed attempts by the others at the celebration, Osiris gave it a try. He fit perfectly inside the box, which would become his coffin. The box was shut, sealed with molten lead and then promptly thrown into the Nile River.

When the Queen, Isis, found out, she was devastated, and went to search for her husband's body. The myths vary on how she did this, but most say she became a babysitter for the Queen of Babylon's young son, as Osiris' coffin was tangled in a tree in the back of the palace. Once she acquired Osiris' body, she brought him back to life with her magic. Osiris then became king of the Duat. This is just one telling of a variety of re-tellings.

When the Pharoah died, he was associated with Osiris, and the heir to the throne was associated with Osiris' son, Horus.

His festivals include the Osiris mysteries, and the raising of the pillar ceremony.

Symbols

Colours green, black

The djed pillar 𓊽

Crook and Fail

Atef crown

Ostrich feathers

Soil

Acacias, willows, sycamores, cedar

Adze blade (opening of the mouth)

Offerings

Cool water, beer, wine

Bread, sour dough, grain products,

Frankincense, myrrh

Iris, orris root, easter lily

Gold, lapis Lazuli, malachite, obsidian

Epithets

Mighty One

Ruler of Life

Who is in Abydos

Lord of love

True of Voice

Divine Father

Lord of Silence

Weary of heart

Prayer

Hail to you, Osiris Lord of Eternity, king of gods, Of many names, of holy forms, Of secret rites in temples!

Lord of remembrance in the Hall of Justice, Secret Ba of the lord of the cavern, Ba of Re, his very body. Lord of acclaim in the southern sky, Sanctified by the northern sky, The imperishable stars are under his rule, The unwearying stars are his abode, The ancestors rejoice to see him. Those yonder are in awe of him.

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Isis/Auset, Goddess of magic, motherhood and nature!

Who is Isis

Isis, or in Egyptian Auset, is the Goddess of Magic, health, marriage, nature, motherhood, fertility, purification, and womanhood. She is the eldest daughter of the Earth God Geb and Sky Goddess Nut. She is the loving wife of Osiris, sister of Nepthys and Seth, and mother of Horus.

Her magic was believed to be so powerful that she could control fate and restore health to the sick. She also has many myths surrounding her, the most notable being the Osiris myth, where she brings her husband, Osiris, back to life after he had been killed by their jealous brother Seth. Another myth she plays an important role in is the Contendings of Seth and Horus, where she assists her son Horus in taking back the throne from Seth.

Isis is a goddess with many, many aspects and domains. Along with being a beloved Goddess of the Egyptians, the Romans and Greeks loved her too, and her cult lasted well into 500 AD, when the emperor Justinian I had her priests arrested.

She is a friend to slaves, sinners, the downtrodden, the protector of people in mourning, widows, orphans, children and single mothers, and she is a patroness of Artisans, weavers, and healers. She was also thought to be the mother of the King.

Her Symbols

Throne

Tyet knot/Isis knot  𓎬

Kite bird

Scorpions

Sparrows and swallows

Cobras

Sycamore and Acacia trees

Red Jasper (symbolizing her blood)

Green scarab

The moon, lighthouses and the ocean (Roman Period)

Offerings

Tyet knot which was used to prevent miscarriage

Gardenia, jasmine, iris, blue lotus, white lily, rose, saffron

sistrums

mirrors

bloodstone, moonstone, pearls, rose quartz, lapis lazuli, aventurine, red jasper, coral, carnelian

sweet wine, pomegranate wine, water, milk

pomegranates, honey, almonds, date figs, roast duck,

frankincense and myrrh incense

perfumes

Acacia and Sycamore

Epithets

Lady of the beautiful west

Queen of Heaven

Star of the Sea

Mother of the Gods

Lover of Silence

Keeper of Secrets

Auset the sufferer/mourner (Hebrew origin)

Face of Wisdom (Hebrew Origin)

Great Lady of Magic

Lady of Joy

She who mourns

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I guess, tying into my previous post: Really feeling drawn towards Isis and Serapis, which in a way, I can see a personal syncretism with Freyja and Freyr/Woden (Freyr being Oak King, and Woden the holly king. Yes I do worship Freyja and Freyr as a divine couple, as they were said to be so in the yngling saga, prior to the aesir-vanir war. And sibilng relations is VERY common amongst the gods so I'm not worried about it. Gods are Gods, they don't operate on human rules). Freyja and Isis's syncretism has a small smidge of historical Basis through Tacitus's work Germania, where he mentions an "Isis of the Suebi" who more than likely is Freyja/Frigg or another goddess syncretic with her. Serapis is already an inherently syncretic goddess. I easily can see him being syncretic with both Freyr and Woden, mostly through Osiris and Dionysus.

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admittedly struggling with finding out which specific forms of The Lady and Lord i'm meant to worship at the forefront of my path. I know I don't NEED to have one specific pairing at the front of my path, and I know it's ok to cycle through them, I just. Coming from both a christian and then staunchly hard polytheist(all gods are separate entities) background makes me have so many worries. 1) Will The Lord and Lady be mad at me for worshipping them in multiple forms? Obviously not but christian upbringing sure as hell makes me worry about that. 2) When I was a hard polytheist, I was very much anti-syncretism, believed I had to pick a pantheon and keep to it, otherwise my path wasn't valid. Deep down I've always been a soft polytheist(the gods are parts/forms/masks of a larger whole) but I forced myself to be a staunchly hard one. I want to keep statues on my altar for all the forms of my gods, but I lack space, and it would lead to pantheon mixing, which is still taboo in my head.

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it is spring, and Serapis is here/alive/reborn

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Ithelia Drew Ithelia this morning. Quite an interesting design they got going on. I have a soft spot for the whole shattered mirror/glass aestethic. Also updated my Daedric Princes complilation.

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Azurah, khajiit version

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Mafala (not playing with a ball of yarn, but with a web!)

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At last, my 𝐃𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is finished!

I'm super proud of the end result and incredibly grateful for all the support I've gotten during the progress! Prints are available here!

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Back on track with my Daedric Prince collection! Only three remaining. :D

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Daedric Princes Part 1

- Prints available here -