Egypt · The dead, resurrection and rule
Osiris wsỉr
Also written Usir.
- God of
- The dead, resurrection and rule
- Recognised by
- A mummified man in white, holding the crook and flail, wearing the atef crown
- Chief cult centre
- Abydos
Killed by his brother Set and restored by Isis, he rules the dead rather than returning to the living. Every dead Egyptian hoped to be identified with him, which is why coffin texts address the deceased by his name.
Egyptian sources What Egyptians wrote, on walls, coffins and papyri. What that means
In the correspondence web
Herodotus gives the Greek name of Osiris as Dionysos, in Book II, 42 and Book II, 144. Osiris in the correspondence web, with the sentence it rests on.
In the Golden Dawn's Neophyte hall the Hierophant takes the form the ritual calls Aeshuri-st. The Officers and the Stations of the Officers