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Mar 1
Isis the goddess of of magic, motherhood, fertility and life.
She was the first daughter of Geb, who was the god of the Earth, and Nut, who was the goddess of the Overarching Sky. She had 3 siblings: Osiris, Set and Nephthys. She eventually married Osiris. As Nephthys and Set married.
Set was very jealous of his brother Osiris and one day, sent guards to get his exact measurements while he was sleeping. Set then made a wooden coffin/chest and held a party where he said whoever could fit inside it perfectly—can keep it. Osiris was encouraged to try, and the lid slammed shut on him and locked. He was then thrown into the Nile River. Isis then went to search for him, she found him in a tree in Byblos and brought it back to Egypt and hid it in a swamp. But Set went hunting that night and found the coffin. Enraged he then chopped Osiris’s body up into 14 pieces and scattered them throughout Egypt thinking Isis would never find them. Isis and Nephthys went looking for the pieces, but only found 13 of his 14 pieces. A fish swallowed the 14th piece which was his phallus. 
Isis then used magic in which she tricked the god Amun-Ra into telling her his secret name, which then she had power of the deity…to make a new phallus out of gold and sang a song, to bring Osiris to life in which Isis conceived Horus—the falcon headed god. Osiris then became the god of the underworld.
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Isis the goddess of of magic, motherhood, fertility and life.

She was the first daughter of Geb, who was the god of the Earth, and Nut, who was the goddess of the Overarching Sky. She had 3 siblings: Osiris, Set and Nephthys. She eventually married Osiris. As Nephthys and Set married.

Set was very jealous of his brother Osiris and one day, sent guards to get his exact measurements while he was sleeping. Set then made a wooden coffin/chest and held a party where he said whoever could fit inside it perfectly—can keep it. Osiris was encouraged to try, and the lid slammed shut on him and locked. He was then thrown into the Nile River. Isis then went to search for him, she found him in a tree in Byblos and brought it back to Egypt and hid it in a swamp. But Set went hunting that night and found the coffin. Enraged he then chopped Osiris’s body up into 14 pieces and scattered them throughout Egypt thinking Isis would never find them. Isis and Nephthys went looking for the pieces, but only found 13 of his 14 pieces. A fish swallowed the 14th piece which was his phallus.

Isis then used magic in which she tricked the god Amun-Ra into telling her his secret name, which then she had power of the deity…to make a new phallus out of gold and sang a song, to bring Osiris to life in which Isis conceived Horus—the falcon headed god. Osiris then became the god of the underworld.

A note from the Editor: Thank you so much for the awesome submission! And to the rest of you mythfans, feel free to put your own pieces together on gods, goddesses, heroes and legends, and submit them here!

Nov 3

Dagan

A god of corn and fertility who was worshipped in both Canaan and Mesopotamia, Dagan was often regarded as the father of Baal (or, depending on your definition, the Baal known as Hadad). Several kings of Akkad and Babylonia declared themselves to be “sons of Dagan,” giving us some early examples of self-deification, which we will discuss in more detail soon.

In the Old Testament (that good ol’ testament) a god called Dagon is described as the chief deity of the Philistines (those good ol’ Philistines). The mighty Samson destroyed his temple by pulling down the support pillars with his incredible strength, scoring big points for the Israelites in that ongoing struggle. This Philistine Dagon may have been a sea god, as he was represented with the tail of a fish, but there is still some dispute as to whether Dagan and Dagon are one and the same deity. 

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