Isis-Sopdet
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Ast-Sopdet 3st-Spdt Throne of the Sopdet |
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Isis-Sopdet linked the properties of Isis , Sopdet , Maat and Hathor as a separate deity in Egyptian mythology .
Meaning in the New Kingdom
Isis-Sopdet is documented for the first time in the New Kingdom and is initially depicted iconographically as a standing goddess with a sun disk, above which the double feather crown and two additional ostrich feathers are located.
She is also considered the goddess of the western chapel of Heliopolis and bears the titles: "The water donor" and "Protector goddess of the two countries".
Special mention is its function as a goddess of the Nile flood , "You go on New Year's first day in the dawn on. As herald, she announces the dates of the SED festivals and the years of the king. It determines and names the time of the Nile flood. "
Cult during the Ptolemaic period
In the Greco-Roman times , the Ptolemies assigned another title to her at the beginning : "Patroness of Osiris ". Isis-Sopdet now appears iconographically with the Hathor crown and the throne hieroglyph, which protects Osiris. It occupies a special position in the context of the Osiris Mysteries . In the further course of the festivities of the Kikellia festival she takes on the function of the "water dispenser that brings Osiris back to life."
The Isis cult, which already existed in the Mediterranean area before , learns from the emphasis on Isis as the wife of Serapis under Ptolemy III. a further appreciation and through the merger with Isis-Sopdet makes her appear as a universal goddess in the following period. Their popularity exceeds from about 235 BC. That of Serapis.
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of Egyptian gods and names of gods, Vol. 1. 3 - y (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. 110). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1146-8 .