Isis seemed to be narrating the following events in the Metternich Stele. Her brother-consort, Osiris, was murdered by her other brother, Seth, but she was able to get herself pregnant. Seth probably had intention of marrying Isis, himself, and had the goddess imprisoned in his home. It was at this point when this story begins.

Thoth, god of wisdom, spoke to Isis, telling her she must hide from her brother, and protect her unborn child from her brother. He foretold that her son would grow strong to avenge his father, and inherit his father's throne, that of the two kingdoms of Egypt. Thoth helped her escape from Seth's dwelling (prison).

She fled, escorted by the Seven Scorpions; they were like her bodyguards, led by Tefen, the chief scorpion. The other scorpions are named Befen, Mestet, Mestetef, Petet, Thetet and Maatet. The strange escort brought the goddess to the city of Per-Sui, in the Lower Egypt, in the Nile Delta. Per-Sui is sacred to the goddesses of the Divine Sandals; goddesses whom I have trouble identifying. It is near Papyrus Swamp.

In this city, when a rich woman, named Usert, saw Isis, she closed the doors to the refugee. Usert was most likely a noblewoman of this city. The poor woman, named Taha, on the other hand, offered the goddess the hospitality of her humble shelter.

The action of the rich woman offended the Seven Scorpions, and without consulting Isis, they put seven poison on to Tefen's stinger, and stung the Usert's son. Also a fire broke out in Usert's home, with no water to extinguish it.

Usert was distraught of her son's strange illness, calling for her townspeople to save her son. Her cries moved Isis and knew that the haughty woman's son was not responsible for his mother's rudeness to the goddess. So out of compassion for Usert's son, the goddess used her spell, which required Isis to utter the names of each scorpion, to expel the poison from the boy's body. They were words of power. Isis also extinguished the fire in Usert's house.

The grateful lady bestowed her possessions to the poor woman, Taha, Isis' hostess, and filled the small house with riches.

At this point, Isis heard the gods' cries that her own son, Horus, had been stung by the scorpion Uhat, and he died. Now she was the one distraught, as if a knife have been driven into her body. She ran wildly towards her son. Then, she began to recite something that should stop the poison in her son's body.

Then the narrative is told by Thoth, who had heard Horus' cry. Horus was attacked in Sekhet-An, north of Hetep-hemt, while Isis was observing some religious rite, libation for her brother. This is different to what was happening with Isis and Usert.

This was followed by Thoth's hymn to Horus, which offered many praises, before the narrative is told by Isis again.

Once again, the narrative was told earlier by Isis and by Thoth. Here, she revealed that she had given birth to Horus in the papyrus swamp, and she kept him in the swamp for the fear that her son was too young to face his uncle, Seth, Isis' murderous brother.

She left the swamp and entered the city of Am, seeking food for her infant son. But upon her return as she cradled Horus in her arms, she discovered he was lifeless. There were waters in his eyes, and he had foam in his mouth.

Isis cried for help, and the people who lived in the swamp, came to her, to find out what affliction troubles the goddess. One woman, wiser than all the others, told the goddess that her son had being poisoned, after a short examination.

Isis placed her nose in her son's mouth, and realised that the wise woman's prognosis was true. Isis was even more distressed than before, and cried out to the gods in heaven, that her son had being bitten; being poisoned.

Nephyths, Isis' loyal sister, came to the wailing goddess, and lamented with her. Her cry was also heard in heaven, by Thoth, god of wisdom. He was the pilot of Re's barque, known as the Boat of Millions of Years. When Thoth stopped the boat, he actually stopped the sun from its daily track. Thoth came down to earth, to the papyrus swamp. Isis pleaded with Thoth to save her son, who was in fact dead.

This is strange, considering earlier that Isis had being to cure Usert's with her own power, in another narrative, but in this same sele, she can't save her own son. She thought that Seth must have being responsible for her son's death.

Thoth assured both goddesses that he would restored Horus' life and remove the poison from the body. He also informed Isis that her evil brother wasn't responsible for her son's poisoning. While Horus remained in this swamp the Dweller in his Disk (thus the sun-god Re) will protect Horus from Seth; so Seth can't actually enter this particular swamp. Horus' other protectors included:

• the Great Dwarf (called the god Bes),
• the Great Ram (possibly the Ram of Mendes),
• the Great Hawk (Horus of Behdet),
• the winged Holy Beetle (Khepri),
• the Divine Bennu.

Horus was also protected by the spells of Isis herself. So with all this, there was no hope that Seth could come upon Horus while he was still young.

Thoth then cast a spell that revived Horus. Apparently the spell was successful, Horus was again alive.

In Coffin Texts (148), when Isis was pregnant, there was dialogue between she and Atum. She persuaded Atum to offer protection to her and her unborn child. What convinved Atum to help was that Isis' son is