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But the ultimate Egyptian mother goddess is Isis, the ‘Creatress of Green Things’ and ‘Lady of Abundance,’ amongst a lot of other things. Her consort is her brother Osiris, god of the underworld, and with each other they embody the mysteries of the cycles of life and death. Isis was also the Creatrix of the pharaohs who were referred to as ‘sons of Isis’ for the reason that they were embodiments of her son, Horus. The monster grows two new heads each time a head is reduce off and it represents the fertility of the sign, which has a natural...