Isis

Isis, in Egyptian mythology the Moon-Goddess, sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, was daughter of Seb (the earth) and Nut (the sky). She was the patron goddess of women. Originally she was goddess of earth and agriculture. In art her attributes are the lotus flower as a head-dress, and the sistrum in her right hand. In Greece she was identified with Demeter and Io, and modified forms of her worship prevailed extensively. Her worship with orgiastic mysteries was introduced into Rome in Sulla's time, and, in spite of the opposition of first the Senate and then Augustus, became very popular.