One Symbol, One Interpretation

I'd like to give my thoughts on a possible representation of the following symbol, which is kinda similar in essence to the one that someone had asked about its authenticity the other day. I tried my best to make it look like the original symbol:

I can think of it as a representation of the great Egyptian goddess Isis. Why? Well, first we have two outstretched wings, which is usually associated with Isis, but sometimes goddess Nut is also depicted with wings. But the existence of the eye, as a representation of the Eye of Horus, favors Isis over Nut. There's another reason for backing this up: the triangle with an external vertical line on its base is associated with Puella whose associated figure is Venus [1].

In mythology, Venus is the Roman equivalent of Greeks' Aphrodite, and she is one of the equivalents of Egyptians' Isis. The horizontal line crossing the triangle could be thought of the ruling element Air, which then again is associated with Puella, hence Isis—the Mother Goddess, The Great Mother, 

Mother of the universe, mistress of all the elements, first-born of the ages, highest of the gods, queen of the shades, first of those who dwell in heaven, representing in one shape all gods and goddesses.

to quote Apuleius [2]. You might wonder about the presence of a god's eye in the symbol of a goddess. Well, as a matter of fact, this association was normal in the ancient times. The name Isis comes from the Greek Iσις (Ee-siss) and in Egyptian, her actual name corresponds to Iset (Ee-set) or Eset (Eh-set), and the common meaning of Iset is "throne" [3]. This throne is represented in her headdress as the throne of the sun god, as well as in her hieroglyphic sign.


Common hieroglyphs representing the name Isis
©glencairnmuseum.org

Isis is the 'throne of the Eye,' the throne of Horus or Osiris. So the symbol in question is a unison of The Great Mother-Father, and The Great Father is The Son. This was the ancients' way of perceiving the deities.

Finally, I just want to add that we all share with each other a whole variety of symbols that are encrypted in our psyche, and the unconscious uses them to communicate with the ego. So 'being authentic' about creating a symbol is not a very meaningful phrase in my humble opinion, unless someone wants to use it commercially and the concern is for the sake of copyright. Anyway, just as always, please note that this is my own personal interpretation, but what might be wrong on the outside, it would be right on the inside.


References

  1. Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Of Geomancy.
  2. Apuleius. The Golden Ass. Translated by E. J. Kenny. 1998
  3. isiopolis.com 




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