Ifis es transformada en varon por la Diosa Isis para que se case con Janta

Title

Ifis es transformada en varon por la Diosa Isis para que se case con Janta

Period

1800-1850;

Geographic

Crete

Ancient Greece

Description

This engraving illustrates Telethusa and her daughter Iphis praying to a statue of the Egyptian deity Isis. There are also other women depicted in the temple praying to the goddess. Before Iphis was born, her father vowed to kill the child if she were to be born a girl. Isis had appeared to Telethusa in a dream and told her to keep the child no matter what. With the help of Isis, Iphis was disguised as a boy after being born to evade death. This engraving takes place when Iphis is set to marry a woman who is unaware that Iphis is a female. Telethusa and her daughter are praying to the goddess Isis once again for her help. Isis answers the prayers of the mother and daughter and she transforms Iphis into a man so that she may marry her betrothed.

Image Creator

D. José Assensio (Engraver)

Type

Text

Engraving

Identifier

mta:25039

Language

spa

Source Name

Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]

Parent Collection

Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1819)

Image

mta_25039_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Isis

Goddesses

Transformation

Mythology

Iphis