Art, Symbol & Imagination
Isis Conjures Ra to Tell His Name
A seated solar figure raises one arm while a smaller woman reaches towards him from below. Curling red forms, patterned drapery and ornamental shapes crowd the atmosphere. The caption identifies Isis compelling Ra to reveal his name. Paul turns the spoken struggle for power into a contest of scale and gesture, with the goddess’s upward reach meeting the elevated figure above her.
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Evelyn Paul. "Isis Conjures Ra to Tell His Name" [editorial title]. In Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt, Lewis Spence. September 1923 Harrap reprint; first published August 1913, 1923, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 347. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/egypt-paul-347
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details.
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Evelyn Paul. Isis Conjures Ra to Tell His Name. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. Scan leaf 347. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/egypt-paul-347