Isis and Hermes

 
an aretalogy (or hymn of praise) found in Cyme dating from the second century AD
begins:
 
"I am Isis, the mistress of every land, and I was taught by Hermes, and with Hermes I devised letters, both the sacred (Hieroglyphics) and the demotic, that all things might not be written with the same [letters]"
 
see Engelsman 64
> from Joan Chamberlain Engelsman's The Feminine Dimension of the Divine (1979)

> tagged with #greece, #egypt, #myth, #alphabet, #language

> created February 25, 2024 at 3:08:35 PM


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