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Isis goddess of Egypt was considered to be the mother of all gods and Nature, the Egyptian goddess Isis was the queen of heaven , divine motherhood and protector of the Egyptian kings. The goddess Isis belongs to the Egyptian gods pantheon, Isis was the daughter of Geb the earth god, and Nut the sky goddess, sister of Nephthys, Seth/Set and Osiris. Isis mother of Horus was also considered to be the mother of the Jackal god Anubis since the goddess Isis raised him as her own son. the story of Isis and Osiris basically revolves around the cycle of death and resurrection of the god Osiris, where the Egyptian goddess Isis occupies a major role. The Egyptian mythology of the Goddess Isis involves her role within the myth of Osiris the virgin birth of her son Horus.
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Anubis the God of the dead, mummification, embalming, tombs and the afterlife from the Egyptian mythology is certainly one of the most recognizable and interesting god belonging to the Egyptian religion. Well-known as a guide of souls to the afterlife, Anubis was the Egyptian god of funerary. he is depicted as a human with the head of a black Jackal and was really worshiped across all Egypt because of his noble task.
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Osiris, according to the Egyptian mythology, was the god of Life, Resurrection, vegetation and King of the Underworld who ruled over the dead after Anubis. Osiris was the son of the Egyptian gods Geb and Nut. Osiris was the elder brother of his consort the goddesses Isis, Nephthys and brother of The god Seth (Set). Osiris was the chief of the Egyptian god pantheon, he was depicted as having a green skin which meant Putrefaction of a corpse but also Fertility of the Egyptian ground. Osiris was also known as being the god of Agriculture and fertility. Osiris ruled over the underworld after his brother the god Seth killed him for the throne of Egypt. But Horus son of Osiris and Isis would avenge his father's death. Osiris was granted the role of king of the dead by Anubis and would be the one in charge of the final judgement of the dead
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Eshu, the trickster orisha (Yoruba gods) of the Yoruba people of Western Africa, is the mischievous divinity well-known in Yoruba mythology as to be the messenger of the gods, and a mediator between opposites. The orisha also goes by the names Eleggua, Elegua, Exu in the Candomble in Brazil
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Anansi is highly regarded by the Ashanti people that they put a generic name Anansasem, or spider stories to this particular class of tales regarding the trickster spider and god Anansi. The folktales of Anansi grew really popular in West African, and because of the transatlantic slave trade, the spider stories and myths would eventually spread to the united states, where the spider trickster Anansi would be popularized among slaves in the Caribbean and Jamaica.
