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Like Hindu gods and goddesses in India, Egyptian deities could manifest themselves in many different forms.
First, the name Isis is not Egyptian, but the Greek version of her name, which in hieroglyphs is written (without vowels, as is normal) 3st, which Egyptologists pronounce Ast - but this is not the ancient Egyptian pronunciation. This is usually written with the side view of a throne, since her name means "She of the Throne". Sometimes it is written with the hieroglyph of an egg instead, to emphasise her role as the great "mother".
She is often depicted with the side view of a throne on her head, but she can also have long cow horns and a sun disk like the goddess Hathor, with whom she shares some features.
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What did isis the goddess wear on her head?
she wore a red dress witha throne on her head
What did nut the Egyptian goddess wear?
Goddess of the sky. Nut is a daughter of Shu and Tefnut. Her brother and husband is Geb. She had four or five children: Osiris, Set, Isis, Nephthys, and-in early Egyptian sources-Horus.
What did Egyptian slaves wear on their head?
nothing. Many slaves wore nothing at all
Why did Sekhmet wear a sun disc on her head?
This was because Sekhmet was a solar goddess, as daughter of Ra the sun god.
Is there a Egyptian god of protection?
There are many, and most of them are goddesses! Horus--many Egyptians would wear an amulet of his eye as a protection. Bes--a dwarf god; protector of the household and childbirth Isis--protectress of children and of the dead; also the pharaoh's embalmed liver Neith--protected the pharaoh's embalmed stomach Nekhbet--vulture goddess; protectress of Egypt, royalty, and the pharaoh Nephthys--protector goddess--protected the pharaoh's embalmed lungs Selket--scorpion goddess; another protector goddess; protected the pharaoh's embalmed large intestines. Taweret--hippopotamus goddess; protectress of childbirth Wadjet--serpent goddess; protectress of Egypt and the pharaoh Wosret--protected Horus when he was young; a local guardian goddess
