Isis Mini Statue Peal_of_Great_Price He was a solar deity

He was a solar deity

For these reasons the scarab was seen as a symbol of this heavenly cycle and of the idea of rebirth or regeneration

his death at Thermopylae was seen as a heroic sacrifice because he sent most of his army away when he realized that the Persians had outmaneuvered him

even unto death

Isis Mini Statue Peal_of_Great_Price He was a solar deityIsis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 26862181 BCE) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her slain husband, the divine king Osiris, and produces and protects his heir, Horus. She was believed to help the dead enter the afterlife as she had helped Osiris, and she was considered the divine mother of