Egyptian mythology
Osiris
King of the Underworld and God of Resurrection
- Mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Group
- Ennead · Duat · Truth · Divine · Death · Ruler · Fertility · Underworld · Aaru · Funerary · Judgment · Maat · Agriculture
- Appears in
- Osiris: King of the Dead · The Osiris Myth: Murder and Dismemberment · Osiris and the Grain: Death and Return · The Amduat: Ra and Osiris United · Isis Resurrects Osiris · The Weighing of the Heart
- Places
- Giza · Thebes · Heliopolis · Abydos · Valley of the Kings · Duat
- Objects
- Was Scepter · Ankh · Djed Pillar · Book of the Dead · Feather of Maat · Crook and Flail
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Osiris is the green-skinned king of the dead, ruler of the Duat and judge of every soul. Once a pharaoh who taught Egypt farming and law, he was murdered by his jealous brother Seth, sealed in a coffin, and later cut into pieces scattered along the Nile. His wife Isis gathered the fragments and revived him long enough to conceive Horus. He now reigns enthroned in the underworld, wrapped as a mummy, holding crook and flail, the white atef crown on his head, weighing each heart against the feather of Ma'at and granting the just eternal life.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Osiris?
- Osiris is the green-skinned king of the dead, ruler of the Duat and judge of every soul. Once a pharaoh who taught Egypt farming and law, he was murdered by his jealous brother Seth, sealed in a coffin, and later cut into pieces scattered along the Nile.
- Which mythology does Osiris belong to?
- Osiris belongs to Egyptian mythology.
- Which stories does Osiris appear in?
- Osiris appears in Osiris: King of the Dead, The Osiris Myth: Murder and Dismemberment, Osiris and the Grain: Death and Return, The Amduat: Ra and Osiris United, Isis Resurrects Osiris, The Weighing of the Heart, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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