 Egyptian deities are connected in a complex and shifting array of relationships . A god 's connections and interactions with other deities helped define its character . Thus Isis , as the mother and protector of Horus , was a great healer as well as the patroness of kings . Such relationships were the base material from which myths were formed . 
 Egyptian deities are connected in a complex and shifting array of relationships . A god <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>connections and interactions with other deities helped define its character . Thus Isis , as the mother and protector of Horus , was a great healer as well as the patroness of kings . Such relationships <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> the base material from which myths <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> formed . 
Egyptian deities are connected in a complex and shifting array of relationships . A god  connections and interactions with other deities helped define its character . Thus Isis , as da mother and protector of Horus , was a great healer as well as tdapatroness of kings . Such relationships was the base material from which myths was formed .