Isis is a fictional character

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 appearing in the Marvel Comics

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 universe

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, based loosely on the Isis

Isis

Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

 of Egyptian mythology

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Fictional character biography

Isis is a member of the Heliopolitan

Heliopolitans (comics)

The Heliopolitans are a group of gods in the Marvel Comics universe, based on the gods of Egyptian mythology.-Members:* Atum* Ra* Anubis* Bast* Bes* Geb* Horus* Isis* Khonshu* Neith* Nut* Osiris* Sekhmet* Seth* Thoth-External links:**...

 race of gods, and resides in Celestial Heliopolis

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. She is the wife of Osiris, sister of Seth, and mother of Horus. Her parents are Geb and Nut. Isis is the Egyptian goddess of fertility and domestication.

Isis encountered Thor

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 and Odin after Seth trapped her family in a pyramid; the pyramid eventually reappeared 3000 years later. She participated in the Ceremony of Rebirth which reincarnated Odin as Atum-Re. She allied with Thor against Seth.

Isis and Osiris were later seen at the mercy of Seth's army. She witnessed Thor and the Thing

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battle Seth and the Devourer.

Isis's powers were later stolen by Seth. The powers of the Heliopolitan gods stolen by Seth were later returned to them.

Powers and abilities

Isis has all the powers of a member of the race of superhumans known as the Egyptian gods of Heliopolis. She has superhuman strength, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes. Like all her race she possesses resistance to all terrestrial diseases and some resistance to magic. Isis possesses vast control over elemental forces, including the ability to raise the dead. She also has extensive knowledge of Egyptian magical lore.