Isis as a Mother of Horus

Goddess Isis nursing Horus
It is in this  aspect that the goddess was regarded as the vital link between gods and royalty, since the king was the living Horus on  the  throne  of  Egypt.  In  the Pyramid Texts  it  is  stated  that  the  rule drinks divine milk from the boobs of his mother Isis.  This  is  the  mental imagery  of  the plethora of statuettes of Isis sat on a throne,  suckling  the  young  Horus  who sits on her lap. The goddess was thought to have given birth to her son at Khemmis in  the  Delta,  rewarding  the  connexion with the monarchy since the place name in its ancient Egyptian form of Akh-bity substance papyrus  thicket  of  the  king  of Lower Egypt. Her part as a goddess protective royal births is got in the Middle Kingdom account  in  the  Papyrus Westcar promising a dynastic change: Isis takes into  her  arms  all  of  the  first  three pharaohs of the Dynasty V as Ruddedet makes them birth.

Isis  intends  to  bring  up  Horus  in secret so that he might eventually avenge the character assassination of his father. This close holding of Horus from danger gets a  frequent  point  of  reference  in  magical texts  concerning  cures  for  children's ailments  leading  from  hazards  like scorpion  bites,  or  accidental  scalds.  Isis visited great of magic is evoked to come to the child's aid as if it were Horus himself.  A  spell  against  a  fire,  e.g.  is recited over a concoction of human milk, gum  and  cat  hairs,  to  be applied  to the separated child: in it Isis, narrated that her son lies  in  the  desert  hurt  from  a burn with no water to clear him, gives the assurances that her saliva and piss (which she euphemistically addresses  the River Nile flood between my thighs) feature the power to ease the pain.

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