Ancient Egyptian goddess
Isis, wife of Osiris. Isis is usually represented as a woman with the throne-hieroglyph on her head. Isis can also be represented as a bird (called a kite) wearing the same headdress. In another form, Isis bears the headdress used by Hathor, consisting of a sun-disk and cow horns.[1] This image is partially based on images of Isis from the tomb of Nefertari,
en:QV66.
Isis is sometimes depicted with the same iconography as Hathor:
References
↑Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003) The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt,
London: Thames & Hudson ISBN:
0-500-05120-8.
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Magie-Göttin Isis
Composite image of Isis's most distinctive Egyptian iconography, based partly on images from the tomb of Nefertari, She was usually portrayed in art as a human woman wearing a throne-like hieroglyph on her head.
Blast. Uploading the proper file now. Changed the was staff to a papyrus staff, in accordance with the discussion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jeff_Dahl#Egyptian_god_images, with staff color based on the reliefs in Category:Place of Truth,...
Changed the was staff to a papyrus staff, in accordance with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jeff_Dahl#Egyptian_god_images this discussion], with staff color based on the reliefs in
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