Isis in San Francisco Bay, San Francisco

This sculpture depicts Isis crouching with her wings outstretched. Isis is a goddess from thepolytheistic pantheon of Egypt. She was first worshiped in Ancient Egyptian religion, and later her worship spread throughout the Roman empire and the greater Greco-Roman world. Isis is still widely worshiped by many pagans today in diverse religious contexts; including a number of distinct pagan religions, the modern Goddess movement, and interfaith organizations such as the Fellowship of Isis. Isis was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners,artisans and the downtrodden, but she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the falcon-headed deity associated with king and kingship (although in some traditions Horus's mother was Hathor). Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children. The name Isis means Throne. Her headdress is a throne. As the personification of the throne, she was an important representation of the pharaoh's power. The pharaoh was depicted as her child, who sat on the throne she provided. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt, but her most important temples were at Behbeit El-Hagar in the Nile delta, and, beginning in the reign with Nectanebo I (380–362 BCE), on the island of Philae in Upper Egypt. In the typical form of her myth, Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, goddess of the Sky, and she was born on the fourth intercalary day. She married her brother, Osiris, and she conceived Horus with him. Isis was instrumental in the resurrection of Osiris when he was murdered by Set. Using her magical skills, she restored his body to life after having gathered the body parts that had been strewn about the earth by Set. This myth became very important during the Greco-Roman period. For example it was believed that the Nile River flooded every year because of the tears of sorrow which Isis wept for Osiris. Osiris's death and rebirth was relived each year through rituals. The worship of Isis eventually spread throughout the Greco-Roman world, continuing until the suppression of paganism in the Christian era. The popular motif of Isis suckling her son Horus, however, lived on in a Christianized context as the popular image of Mary suckling her infant son Jesus from the fifth century onward.   This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.

本雕塑刻画了展开双翼呈蹲姿的伊西斯（Isis）。
伊西斯是埃及多神教万神殿中的神祇。她最初在古埃及宗教中被崇拜，其后其信仰传遍罗马帝国及更广阔的希腊罗马世界。时至今日，伊西斯仍在多样的宗教语境中被众多异教徒广泛崇拜，涵盖诸多独立的异教信仰、现代女神运动，以及伊西斯团契（Fellowship of Isis）这类跨信仰组织。
伊西斯被奉为理想的母亲与妻子，同时也是自然与魔法的守护神。她是奴隶、罪人、工匠与弱势群体的挚友，同时也聆听富人、少女、贵族与统治者的祈愿。伊西斯常被刻画为鹰首神祇荷鲁斯（Horus）的母亲——荷鲁斯与王权及君主制息息相关（尽管在部分传统中荷鲁斯的母亲为哈索尔（Hathor））。此外，伊西斯亦被视为亡者的守护者与儿童女神。
"伊西斯"一名的含义为"王座"，其头饰即为王座造型。作为王座的人格化身，伊西斯是法老权力的重要象征——法老被刻画为她的子嗣，端坐于她所赋予的王座之上。伊西斯的崇拜信仰在埃及全境广为流传，但其最重要的神庙坐落于尼罗河三角洲的贝赫贝特·埃尔-哈加尔（Behbeit El-Hagar）；而自内克塔内布一世（公元前380-前362年）统治时期起，上埃及的菲莱岛（Philae）也成为其重要圣地。
在伊西斯的经典神话叙事中，她是大地之神盖布（Geb）与天空女神努特（Nut）的长女，诞生于第四个闰日。她与兄长奥西里斯（Osiris）结为夫妇，并与他诞下了荷鲁斯。奥西里斯被赛特（Set）谋害后，伊西斯在其复活过程中发挥了关键作用：她收集了赛特散落在大地各处的奥西里斯躯体残块，凭借自身的魔法之力使其重获生机。
该神话在希腊罗马时期变得极为重要。例如，当时人们认为尼罗河每年泛滥，正是伊西斯为奥西里斯的逝去而流下的悲伤泪水所致。每年人们都会通过仪式重演奥西里斯的死亡与重生。伊西斯的崇拜最终传遍整个希腊罗马世界，并一直延续至基督教时代异教被取缔之时。不过，伊西斯哺育其子荷鲁斯这一广为人知的形象，自公元5世纪起便以基督教化的形式留存下来，成为圣母玛利亚哺育婴儿耶稣的经典意象。
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