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Osiris is the mythological father of the god Horus, whose conception is described in the Osiris myth (a central myth in ancient Egyptian belief). The myth describes Osiris as having been killed by his brother Set, who wanted Osiris' throne.
Osiris is a prominent figure in Egyptian mythology, known as the god of the dead and the afterlife. He is often depicted as a mummified man with a crook and flail, symbols of his power and authority. According to myth, Osiris was the first pharaoh of Egypt and brought civilization to the land.
Nov 29, 2022 · Most knowledge of Osiris’s mythos originally came from Greek accounts, such as those of Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Firmicus Maternus, and Macrobius. These accounts have since been confirmed by fragments of the ancient Egyptian record.
- The Osiris Myth
- Worship of Osiris
- Osiris, The King, & The People
- The Mysteries of Osiris
After the creation of the world, the first five gods were born of the union of Geb (earth) and Nut (sky) and these were Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, and Horus. Osiris, as the first born, assumed rule as Lord of the Earth, with Isis as his queen and consort. He found the people of Egypt uncivilized and lawless and so gave them laws, culture, religio...
The myth embodied some of the most important values of Egyptian culture: harmony, order, eternal life, and gratitude. Set's resentment of Osiris, even before the affair with Nepthys, grew from a lack of gratitude and an envy for someone else's good fortune. In Egypt, ingratitude was a kind of "gateway sin" which opened the individual up to all othe...
Osiris was considered the first king of Egypt who established the cultural values all later kings were sworn to uphold. When Set murdered the king, the country plunged into chaos and order was only restored with the victory of Horus over Set. The kings of Egypt identified with Horus during life (they each had a personal name and a 'Horus Name' they...
Osiris' identification with eternal life, with life from death, gave rise to his mystery cult which would travel beyond the boundaries of Egypt as the Cult of Isis. Although no one knows what rituals were involved in the mystery cult of Isis, they may have developed from Osiris' earlier mysteries celebrated at Abydos beginning in the Twelfth Dynast...
- Joshua J. Mark
Feb 24, 2019 · The name ‘Osiris’ is the Greek form of the Egyptian name Asir (or Wsir or Asar), which may mean “the Powerful”, “the one who sees the throne,” or “the one who presides on his throne.” Later on, Osiris became known as Un-nefer, “to open, appear, or make manifest good things or beauty”.
- Alicia Mcdermott
Jun 11, 2018 · Osiris is the Greek form of the name of the Egyptian god Wsjr, king of the afterworld. The Egyptian god Wsjr was often represented by a throne and an eye. He did not live with the other gods but among the dead, and therefore the Greeks identified him with Hades, as Plutarch (c. 46 – after 199 ce) did in his On Isis and Osiris .
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Nov 9, 2020 · Another invention of the Greek era is, in fact, Osiris’s name. The name Osiris, like many of the Egyptian deities, comes from Greek transliteration of the Egyptian language. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to tell what Osiris was actually called in his native language.
