In Egypt, Isis was a goddess of fertility; she was also a mother and a symbol of death and rebirth. She therefore combined the duties of several Roman goddesses, including Cybele, Aphrodite and ...

Later my mother met Mrs Yeats and asked her if she ... noble and true” from the Egyptian goddess Isis. But it was not until 1960 that she joined her brother, Lawrence, a former Anglican rector ...

The goddess Isis, known as the ultimate mother, was worshiped for her nurturing and protective qualities. Annual ceremonies celebrated her, with flower-filled boats drifting along the Nile to ...