- Cool concept to potentially explore further:
- Ra had many different names that no one, including god and men, knew
- He had one secret name that granted him his divine power
- the secret name was "hidden in his bosom"
- the goddess Isis lived in the human world as a woman, but she was tired of mankind's ways and wanted to live among the gods instead
- why wasn't she living with the gods in the first place?
- Ra is actually portrayed as an aging god - he isn't portrayed to permanently look like a man in his youth
- Ra had some of his saliva fall on the ground when he was talking, and Isis baked the saliva and earth it had fallen upon
- she shaped the mixture in the form of a spear, and it then became a venomous serpent
- Isis took the snake and essentially lays a trap for Ra
- Ra eventually falls victim and is stung by the serpent
- Ra proclaims that he has no idea what is the cause of his pain, but he knows that he has never been the victim of such pain and sorrow
- Isis convinces Ra to tell her his secret name so that she can have the power to heal him
- Isis expels the venom from Ra, and he no longer feels any pain or sorrow in his heart
The Goddess Isis. Source: Wikipedia
Bibliography: This story is part of the Ancient Egyptian Unit and can be found here. Story source: Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie (1907).
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