MOTHERS DAY HISTORY


	MOTHERS DAY HISTORY

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5-12-2009 1:09 PM

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FROM THE SITE It is interesting to note that the Mother and Son imagery of Isis and Horus—in which Isis cradles and suckles her son—is strikingly similar to that of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. FROM ME So hiding the baby in the reeds isn't like the story of Moses? It's the first thing I thought of.

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<P>One of the earliest historical records of a society celebrating a Mother 
deity can be found among the ancient Egyptians, who held an annual festival to 
honor <A title="click here" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis" 
target=_blank>the goddess Isis</A>, who was commonly regarded as the Mother of 
the pharaohs. Her stern, yet handsome head is typically crowned by a pair of 
bull horns enclosing a fiery sun orb. She is most often depicted sitting on a 
throne. </p> <P>So the story goes, after Isis’ brother-husband Osiris was slain and 
dismembered in 13 pieces by their jealous brother Seth, Isis re-assembled 
Osiris’ body and used it to impregnate herself. She then gave birth to Horus, 
whom she was forced to hide amongst the reeds lest he be slaughtered by Seth. 
Horus grew up and defeated Seth, and then became the first ruler of a unified 
Egypt. Thus Isis earned her stature as the Mother of the pharaohs. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4F16662C-07CF-408E-A622-F988D6E5901E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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