Isis

E7084

Egyptian goddess deity mythological figure

Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Isis canonical	112
goddess Isis	2
Aphrodite-Isis	1
Egyptian goddess Isis	1
Isis (Egyptian goddess)	1
Isis (goddess)	1
Isis Astarte	1
Isis Fortuna	1
Isis Lactans	1
Isis Myrionymos	1
Isis Pelagia	1
Isis Pharia	1
Isis Regina	1
Isis Sothis	1
Isis is an Egyptian goddess	1
Isis of Behbeit	1
Isis with infant Horus	1
Isis with sistrum	1
Isis with situla	1
Isis-Aphrodite	1
Isis-Demeter	1
gift of Isis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T43482 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Isis
Context triple: [Temple of Dendur, dedicatedTo, Isis]

A. Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
B. Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
C. Giza
Giza is an Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile, famous for the Giza Plateau where the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are located.
D. Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
E. Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Isis
Target entity description: Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.

A. Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
B. Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
C. Giza
Giza is an Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile, famous for the Giza Plateau where the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are located.
D. Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
E. Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian goddess ⓘ deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
associatedWith	fertility ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ healing ⓘ kingship ⓘ magic ⓘ motherhood ⓘ protection ⓘ resurrection ⓘ royal throne ⓘ
cultDeclinePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: late Roman Empire
cultSuppressedBy	Christian Roman emperors ⓘ
culture	Greco-Roman world ⓘ ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	kite (bird) hovering over Osiris ⓘ woman nursing the infant Horus ⓘ woman with cow horns and solar disk ⓘ woman with throne hieroglyph on her head ⓘ
hasChild	Horus ⓘ
hasConsort	Osiris ⓘ
hasCultTitle	Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Astarte Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Fortuna Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Lactans Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Myrionymos Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Pelagia Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Pharia Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Regina Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis Sothis Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis-Aphrodite Isis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis-Demeter Isis-Serapis ⓘ Tyche ⓘ surface form: Isis-Tyche
hasSibling	Nephthys ⓘ Osiris ⓘ Set ⓘ
hasSymbol	ankh ⓘ sistrum ⓘ solar disk between cow horns ⓘ throne hieroglyph ⓘ tyet knot ⓘ
lastMajorTempleClosed	Philae in 6th century CE ⓘ
linkedToDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ Astarte ⓘ Demeter ⓘ Hathor ⓘ Serapis ⓘ Sothis ⓘ Tyche ⓘ
motherOf	Horus ⓘ
nameMeaning	throne ⓘ
parent	Geb ⓘ Nut ⓘ
partOfMyth	Osiris myth ⓘ
role	goddess of seafaring in Greco-Roman period ⓘ healer of the sick ⓘ ideal mother ⓘ mourning goddess ⓘ patroness of magic ⓘ protector of the dead ⓘ protector of the king ⓘ
spouseOf	Osiris ⓘ
textualSource	Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ
veneratedIn	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ ancient Egypt ⓘ
worshipCenter	Abydos ⓘ Alexandria ⓘ Behbeit el-Hagar ⓘ Canopus ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Delos ⓘ Gaul ⓘ surface form: Gaul (Roman sanctuaries of Isis) City of London ⓘ surface form: London (Roman temple of Isis) Philae ⓘ Piraeus ⓘ Pompeii ⓘ Rome ⓘ