Within the religion of ancient Egypt there were many deities that represented many different facets of life and death. Among those deities were certain goddesses of multiple, and sometimes, contrasting natures that represented the most important aspects of life and death. The many functions of Egyptian goddesses suggest an overall importance in their existence at the height of the Egyptian religion.
One of the oldest deities in the ancient Egyptian religion is Neith who is recorded as being not only a creator goddess, but also fierce warrior goddess, nurturing domestic goddess, and protective funerary deity. The earliest myth surrounding Neith describes her as a self-created goddess who emerged from the chaotic and formless primeval waters. Being a self-created deity who then brought about the existence of Ra, and Apophis she is often alluded to “the Mother and Father of all things”. In this role Neith is seen as a caring and nurturing maternal figure, and thus is also credited as inventing childbirth as there had been none before her. An
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Later on we see Isis once again challenging Ra into healing her son Horus in his youth after being poisoned by a snakebite. Along with this relentless challenging of the sun god Ra it is shown that in her own right Isis is a cunning and ambitious deity. On several occasions during the contest of Horus and Set she is shown to outwit her son's enemy and those that might hinder her ultimate goals. In the contest of Horus and Set, Isis is removed from the divine tribunal but manages to transform herself into that of a beautiful young woman so that she may trick Set into condemning himself in front of the assembly of gods. In these respects Isis is shown as a mother willing to do all that she must to ensure the well being of her son and his