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 = Egyptian goddess of fertility and more
- Isis Unveiled.
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(Isis) Egyptian mythology: an important goddess of fertility, protector of sailors, and more; also took the role of goddess of the dead and of funeral rights when her husband, Osiris died
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
ISIS is also used to reference the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (or just the Islamic State). It is a transnational militant Islamist terrorist group and former unrecognized quasi-state.