ABSTRACT
ButIsiswasagreatmagicianaswellasagreat herbalist,andbymeansoftheseriesofinvincible spellswhichshewastaughtbyTROTH,andbythe useofthesecretnameoftheSun-godRX,shecould vanquisheverysorcerer,looseeveryspell,destroy theeffectofallincantationsandpoisons,andraise thedead.ThuswhenOsiriswasslainbyhisbrother SET,andIsisfoundhisdeadbodylyingonthe dykeatNetatnearAbydosinUpperEgypt,she broughtitintothecityandrestoredlifetoitfora seasonbymeansofthemagicaltouchofhersex andthepowerfulspellswhichsheuttered.Osiris roseupfromhisstateofinertness,andconsortedwith Isis,andtheirsonHoRuswasbornasaresultofthis embrace.Oneday,whilstlivinginthepapyrus swampsoftheDelta,shewasobligedtoleaveher sonHorusforashorttime,andduringherabsence Setsentascorpion,whichcrawledtotheplacewhere thechildwassleepingandstunghimtodeath.When Isisreturnedandfoundhisdeadbody,sheappealed toRii,whostoppedtheBoatofMillionsofYearsin whichhewassailingoverthesky,andsentdown Thothtohelpher.Thothimpartedtohercertain wordsofpower,andwhenthesewereutteredbythe goddessHoruswasrestoredtolife.
