Egyptian goddess who appeared to Telethusa in a dream forbidding the exposure of her daughter — and on the eve of Iphis' wedding nodded in her Cretan temple until the girl walked out a man and took Ianthe as his bride.1
When Ligdus vowed to expose any child that was not a boy, Isis appeared to Telethusa in a dream and forbade the killing. The goddess kept the secret of Iphis' birth until the betrothal to Ianthe made the impossible love plain.2
On the eve of the wedding Telethusa and Iphis prayed in Isis' temple. The goddess nodded; the horns of the crescent moon shone, and sistrums rattled. When mother and daughter left, Iphis walked with a lengthened stride and short hair — a man in form. Venus and Hymenaeus came to the marriage fire.3
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the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story