Both Uses of
Isis
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- —You pray to a local and obscure idol: our temples, majestic and mysterious, are the abodes of Isis and Osiris, of Horus and Ammon Ra.†
Chpt 7 *
- Isis Unveiled.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(Isis) Egyptian mythology: goddess of fertility and protector of sailors; took the role of goddess of the dead and of funeral rights when her husband, Osiris died