The Autobiography of Isis
With recollections from various gods and mortals recorded by Seshat
Goddess of Writing and Mistress of the House of Books
| “Heka is my magic protection; it's older and greater than all the gods together!” -The Book of Going Forth by Day |
Before Princess Diana, Joan of Arc, Mary of Nazareth, or Cleopatra, one woman symbolized beauty, compassion, and power.
She challenged the old gods and changed the course of a civilization.
She gave birth to a savior-god and remapped the boundaries between heaven and earth.
She defied death to resurrect the man she loved and gave humankind the hope of immortality.
She was a lover, mother, healer, patriot, and finally Queen and goddess.
Recalling an epic and harrowing tale of wits, magic, divine compromises, and a love so powerful it conquered death, Isis speaks for the first time:
By now, you know me as Isis, Goddess of Ten Thousand Names. People tend to place great store in a name. My son called me Mother of Kings. My followers hailed me as Lady of the Two Lands, Mistress of Magic, and Queen of Heaven. My enemies scorned me as Asar’s Cow, although I never saw any insult in that. Truthfully, I cannot recall all the names hung on me like so many necklaces.
What do I remember? Well, in the beginning, I was simply Iset, daughter of Queen Nut, and Asar called me his darling girl.
When it came time to inscribe my story in stone, the priests remembered all ten thousand of my names, but they left out so many other things. Like hunting. No one ever mentioned how it all began at a hunt. When I said someone must tell the whole story, only Seshat, among all the immortals, knew what I meant.
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