away. The comparison of the seasons, with Demeter, is also man’s view on life. What man destroys, nature will help refurbish. Just as woman can continue to bring in new life to the world. Here we see the goddess Isis of Egyptian Mythology.I am Isis, I am she who is called goddess by womenI gave and ordained laws for humans which no one is able to changeI divided the earth from the heavensI ordered the course of the sun and the moonI appointed to women to bring their infants to birth in the tenth monthI made the beautiful and the shameful to be distinguished by natureI established punishment for those who practice injusticeI am Queen of rivers and winds and seaI am the rays of the sunFate hearkens to meHail Egypt that nourishes me. (Engelsman) Obviously greatly admired in her time, which lasted until around 600 AD. Isis had all the qualities and more of the mother archetype. One particular quality she displayed was her mysteriousness. She was everything, so it seemed, but no one really knew why she was all of this. This question allows one to ask, why have all of these traits as listed above, to one woman. The answer is the one and the same with the story of Demeter. Man admires woman for what she can do and for what he will never be able to do. Give life, nurture life and in many ways control life. Isis is the apex of all the goddesses and the mother archetype. The Egyptian culture must have had great respect for their women at the time the story of Isis was developed. This is evident in all the complexion they gave to Isis. She was nature, and everything that attributed to it. While Demeter and Isis both have noteworthy mother archetypal qualities, they lack in some of the more virtuous aspects. Within the areas they lack in virtue and morality, the Virgin Mary, who is from Christian religions, make up for them. The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus, the Son of God. Mary is not the wife of God though. She was ...
