Scott H.

Put me in the drawing please... may Fortune smile upon me!

Excellent! Please include me in the drawing!

If I'm not mistaken, the modern day 'Marti Gras' celebration is a descendant of that festival procession... the 'carrus navalis' coming down to us as the carnival. I believe the New Orleans parade also has a float to Isis each year, as well.

Correct, as can be seen in surviving Isian documents.

The word virgin did not mean to describe the Goddess like we think today, i.e. a woman who had not had sex... it denoted a sexual autonomy, or autonomy from men in general.