Osiris

Osiris (, from Egyptian wsjr) was the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown and holding a symbolic crook and flail. He was one of the first to be associated with the mummy wrap. When his brother Set cut him to pieces after killing him, with her sister Nephthys, Osiris's sister-wife, Isis, searched Egypt to find each part of Osiris. She collected all but one – Osiris's genitalia. She then wrap

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Osiris was one of ancient Egypt's most important gods, associated with fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, and resurrection, typically shown wearing a distinctive crown and holding a crook and flail. He matters historically because he was central to Egyptian religious beliefs about death and the afterlife, and his mythology—including the famous story of his death and restoration by his wife Isis—profoundly influenced how ancient Egyptians understood life, death, and rebirth.

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Deity.name: Osiris
Deity.type: Egyptian
Deity.image: Standing Osiris.svg
Deity.alt: Standing Osiris
Deity.caption: Osiris, lord of the dead and of rebirth. His green skin symbolizes regeneration, vegetation and fertility.
Deity.hiero: Q1:D4-A40
Deity.cult_center: Busiris, Abydos
Deity.symbol: Crook and flail, Atef crown, ostrich feathers, fish, mummy gauze, djed
Deity.parents: Geb and NutIpy
Deity.siblings: Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder
Deity.consort: Isis
Deity.offspring: Horus the Younger, Anubis

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Image: Standing Osiris.svg

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Commons category: Osiris
IPA transcription: oʊˈsaɪərɨs
name in hiero markup: st:D4-A40

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Contents

Etymology of the name
Appearance
Early mythology
Father of Horus
Ram god
Mythology
Worship
Death and institution as god of the dead
Ikhernofret Stela
Wheat and clay rituals
Judgement
Greco-Roman era
Hellenization
Destruction of cult
See also
Notes
References
External links

Osiris was at times considered the eldest son of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut, as well as brother and husband of Isis, and brother of Set, Nephthys, and Horus the Elder, with Horus the Younger being considered his posthumously begotten son. Through syncretism with Iah, he was also a god of the Moon.