Isis

The goddess Isis is the Great Goddess of Egyptian religion, a powerful sorceress and protectress, who represents the power by which the Pharoahs ruled. In heiroglyphs, Her name incorporates a throne-symbol, and this attribute was often depicted on Her headdress. She is the daughter of the earth-god Geb and the sky-goddess Nut, and sister to Osiris, Horus the Elder, Seth, and Nephthys. Isis was married to her brother Osiris, the god of grain. Their brother Seth, the red-haired god of chaos and the desert, was jealous, and to be rid of Him tricked Him into lying down in a coffin, which was then nailed shut and thrown into the Nile. Upon learning this, Isis searched for Her husband, finally finding Him in Phoenicia. When He returned to Egypt, Seth again attacked him, violently cutting his body into thirteen pieces. This time Isis reassembled the pieces and with help from Anubis, the god of the dead, Osiris was enbalmed, wrapped in linen, and magically restored to life, thus beginning the tradition of mummification. The death and resurrection of Osiris were celebrated throughout Egypt with rites of mourning and rejoicing. Osiris remained in the Underworld to preside as King, and through the rituals of mummification the dead were guaranteed an eternal life.