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The Goddess in Egypt: Aset / Isis
Review "Aset / Isis".

From the Sarcophagus of Psusennes 1 (early 10th century BCE), showing Osiris enthroned with Aset and Nephthys behind the throne. From National Museum, Cairo.
"Aset’s name, in hieroglyphs, contains the symbols for a throne
and an egg. In her earliest depictions, Aset’s headdress is a throne,
although later, after she had been syncretised with Hathor, she wore
the sun-disc and horn headdress of the latter deity as well, with the
throne on top of the disc.186 Again this parallels Inanna, whose headdress
was of horns.'" ~ Why Men Made God, Page 140.
  These images of Aset and Hathor by Jeff Dahl (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. |
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