Isis

“Devote to my worship the day born of this night…for at this season, the storms of winter lose their force, the leaping waves subside and the sea becomes navigable once more.”
Apuleius


March 5th marks Isidis Navigatum when the Romans celebrated the goddess Isis as patroness of sailors and inventor of the sail.





Aegis of Isis, from the Sudan, late 3rd century BC
(This object decorated one of the sacred boats that was carried in procession during festivals. One was mounted at the prow, one at the stern.)

Here is the Temple of Isis on Philae, an island on the Nile.

The beautiful columns of the Birth House in the Temple.