Isis
c. 2400 BCE – 600 CEattested
Egypt, later the whole Roman world
- Egyptian
Reassembled her murdered husband and out-argued the sun god for his secret name. Her cult travelled further than any other Egyptian deity, reaching Britain and the Danube.
Known for
- magic and cunning
- the devoted wife
- a cult that went everywhere
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.