According to Josephus, priests of this deity helped Decius Mundus rape Paulina inside this deity’s temple. This deity, often given the epithet myrionymos or “one with countless names,” was depicted with tightly coiled hair when syncretized with other goddesses. Before Ianthe’s wedding, a sistrum plays while this goddess grants Iphis a sex change in Book IX (“nine”) of the Metamorphoses. (*) Lucius is turned back into a human by this goddess and joins her cult at the end of The Golden Ass. This goddess was often conflated with a predecessor who shared symbols like the kite bird and a cow-horn headdress. This goddess’s son was worshipped by the Greeks as Harpocrates, who she had with the syncretic deity Serapis. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess and wife of Osiris. ■END■
ANSWER: Isis
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