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Spiritual Traditions

Auset (Isis)

Ancient Egypt, attested from c. 24th century BCE (Pyramid Texts) to 6th century CE; revived in modern Kemetic practice

Egypt (Kemet), later Greece and the Roman Empire

Auset (Eset; Greek Isis), mother of Heru (Horus) and wife of Ausar, was revered for protective magic and motherhood; her worship spread across the Roman world and continues in modern Kemetic practice.

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Faience statuette of Isis nursing the infant Horus, Ptolemaic Period, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. License: Public domain (CC0, Met Open Access).

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Sources

  1. World History Encyclopedia, "Isis" (Reference)
  2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Statuette of Isis nursing Horus" (Primary source)
  3. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, "Philae" (Primary source)
  4. SAGE, Encyclopedia of Black Studies (eds. Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama), "Ausar Auset Society" (Scholarly)
  5. Paul Harrison, Profane Egyptologists: The Modern Revival of Ancient Egyptian Religion (Routledge) (Scholarly)

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