Goddess Isis

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Goddess Isis

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Date
c. 664 BCE–30 CE
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Ancient Egyptian
Department
Arts of Global Africa
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
85

Many world religions and belief systems have a sacred mother figure, personifying a strong, caring character—like the Hindu goddess Parvati, the Greek goddess Gaia, or the Christian Virgin Mary. Isis is the sacred mother figure of ancient Egypt, known as the Mother Goddess, with a dramatic backstory: to conceive her son, she resurrected her murdered husband. In this statuette, Isis holds Harpocrates—the child Horus—to her breast, a position that represents the mother figure as the nurturer and protector of humankind. Ancient Egyptian, Africa

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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund

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