The Egyptian society had myths and legends for many reasons. They helped to explain the unknown, and served as a basis of society and religion. The myths were much more than just stories though, every person and thing in them represented something.
The modern day myth, "The Statuette of Isis", is the story of how Isis used her intuition into tricking the sun god, Re, into telling her the secret Great Name. Isis represented a healer, a magician, and an exemplary wife and mother. She knew the secrets of immortality, was faithful intelligent, strong and beautiful. She was associated was vegetation and the cycles of the seasons, and the Nile River.…
