Isis Life came from the sea
and all that is of the oceans
are the Lunar Goddess. The Goddess of All Things rose naked
from Chaos and found no where to place her foot.
Separating the sea from the sky,
she brooded over the waters until she gave birth to life.

Many anthropologists speculate the first
"Gods" of the people were feminine.
This coincides with ancient creation myths
and beliefs that creation was achieved
through self-fertilization.
Within the concept of creation the participation
of the male principle was not known or recognized yet.
The Goddess was believed to have created
the universe by herself alone.

From this belief came the agricultural religions.
It was thought that the gods only prospered
by the beneficence and wisdom which
the Goddess showered on them.
Evidence appears to indicate most
ancient tribes and cultures were matriarchal.

There seems to be little evidence that
the feminine portions of these societies
held themselves superior over their male counterparts.
Generally Goddess worship had been balanced
by the honoring of both the male and female Deities.
This is illustrated by the belief in and the
observance of the sacred marriage of the
Sky God and Earth Mother in many global societies.

HOW CAN THERE BE A GOD WITHOUT A GODDESS?!!

ANCIENT MOTHER
• Ancient Mothers
• MAAT~Kemetic

  ANCIENT GODDESSES

  

  Nut

• Al'Lat~Islamic
• Amaterasu~Japan
• Asherah~Canaan
• Auset~Kemetic
• Hathor~Kemetic

  

  Hathor

• Het-hert~Kemetic
• Inanna~Sumerian
• Ishtar~Akkadians
• Isis~Kemetic
• Kali~India
• Kuan Yin~Chinese
• Mawu~Afrika
• Nathor~Kemetic
• Neith~Kemetic
• Nekhebt~Kemetic
• Oya~Afrika

  

• Oshun~Yoruban
• Quan Yin~Buddhism
• Sarasvati~Hindu
• Sekhmet~Kemetic
• Seshat~Kemetic
• Spider Women~Native Americans
• The Goddesses Of Ancient Egypt
• Yemaya~West Afrika
• Yemoja~Brazil

  In prehistoric Egypt, the Goddess held sway in Upper Egypt
  (the south) as Nekhebt and She was
  depicted in the form of a vulture.
  The people of Lower Egypt, including the northern delta region,
  worshipped the Goddess as Ua Zit (Great Serpent)
  and depictions of Her show Her as a cobra.

• Why the Goddess?

  From about 3000 BC onward the Goddess was said to have
  existed when nothing else had been created.
  She was known as Nut, Net, or Nit which
  was probably derived from Nekhebt.
  According to Egyptian mythology, it was
  the Goddess who first put Ra, the sun god, in the sky.
  Other texts of Egypt tell of the Goddess as
  Hathor in this role as creatrix of existence,
  explaining that She took form as a serpent at the time.
  In Egypt the concept of the Goddess always remained vital.

  Eventually the Goddess evolved into a more
  composite Goddess known as Isis. Isis (Au Set)
  incorporated the aspects of both Ua Zit and Hathor.
  Isis was also closely associated with the Goddess as Nut,
  who was mythologically recorded as Her Mother; in paintings.
  Isis wears the wings of Nekhebt.

  Isis was also associated with another triad
  which included Her husband, Osiris,
  and their son Horus.
  Isis' cult was introduced into Rome and
  the last temple of Isis was closed in 394 AD by Theodosios.

  

  She has many names and many faces.
  The Goddess once reigned all by herself in many places.
  She is Maat, Isis, Hathor, Cybele, and Rhiannon.
  She is Quan Yin, Lakshmi, Oya and Aje.
  She is Cat, she is Snake, She is Cow,
  She is Fire and Water, she is Moon.
  She is Earth Mother, Queen of Heaven,
  and Cosmic Mother.
  From every land across the globe, Egypt to Mexico,
  Hawaii to Greece, there is a Goddess
  in every culture throughout the globe.

  Throughout herstory the Goddess assumed many aspects.
  She was seen as the creatress, virgin, mother, destroyer,
  warrior, huntress, homemaker, wife, artist,
  jurist, healer and sorcerer.
  Her roles or abilities increased with the advancement
  of the cultures which worshipped her.

  She could represent a queen with a consort, or lover.
  She might bear a son who died young or was
  sacrificed only to rise again representing
  the annual birth-death-rebirth cycle of the seasons.

  Throughout the centuries the Goddess has acquired
  a thousand names and a thousand faces but most
  always she has represented nature,
  she is associated with both the sun and moon,
  the earth and the shy. The Goddess religion,
  usually in all forms, is a nature religion.
  Those worshipping the Goddess worship or cared for nature also.

  In the beginning, humans traveled in small, nomadic clans.
  These nomadic clans all worshipped some form of Mother Goddess.
  It wasn't until humans settled down into cities that
  the male dominated religions came into existence.

  

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