1. Isis and Mary
This is similar to the procession of Isis followers that paraded down to the sea to anoint a ship and give thanks to the goddess Isis in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. ... The cult of Isis and Christianity existed together for a short time in the ancient world (521). ... Perhaps as Christianity became the official religion of the Ancient world, converts saw certain similarities between their ex-cult of Isis and Christianity, consequently bringing the influences of their previous religion to the practice of their new following. ...
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