100% that goddess
A few years back, Rihanna posted a picture of her latest tattoo: the Egyptian goddess Isis, spreading her magnificent wings under the singer’s breasts. “Goddess Isis – Complete Woman – Model for future generations,” the badass singer wrote.
Rewind 2000 years, and you can witness Cleopatra presiding over a ceremony dressed resplendently as Isis, aka ‘The Lady of the Holy Cobra’ who was as fearsome and protective as the two formidable snakes she danced with. Cleopatra identified with the goddess, had statues erected of herself in her image, and as far as the Egyptians were concerned, Cleopatra WAS the goddess. Isis, the deity of many things: of magic, fertility, motherhood, but also war and death. The mistress of healing and rebirth, like a brilliantly-colored snake shedding its skin. She was Demeter, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite all rolled into one. And in that sense, not much different from Cleopatra herself, who was high priest, queen, mother, chief executive officer and goddess to boot.
Perhaps that is the reason Isis still speaks to us today, a generation of women like Rihanna who shamelessly claim the right to rise from their ashes and ‘have it all’. Or, to use the words of another badass singer: the right to be 100% that goddess!
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