God · Egyptian
Isis
Isis, a god of the Egyptian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: egyptian
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Demeter | Herodotus, Histories 2.59 and 2.156, c. 430 BCE | At Busiris stands a great temple of Isis, "who is in the Greek language Demeter". |
| identified as Athena | Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris 9, c. 100 CE | The veiled statue at Sais was of Athena, "whom they believe to be Isis", with its famous inscription about no mortal lifting her robe. |
| merged with Hathor | New Kingdom Egypt, c. 1550-1070 BCE | Isis took over Hathor's sistrum and cow-horn crown with the sun disk. |
| identified as Aphrodite | Ptolemaic Egypt, 2nd-1st c. BCE | Figurines of Isis-Aphrodite show the two goddesses joined through their power over love and birth. |
| identified as Astarte | Phoenician and Punic cult, from the 6th c. BCE | From at least the 6th century BCE Phoenicians identified Ashtart with Isis, a link that lasted into Roman North Africa. |
| identified as Hecate | Hellenistic syncretism | In Hellenistic syncretism Hecate became closely associated with Isis. |
| identified as Artemis | Ptolemaic Egypt | Through Bastet, Isis was linked with the lunar Artemis. |