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Osiris

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Osiris is in the Egyptian pantheon and is the God of the Dead. He has another name of Usir. His origins are obscure. He was a local deity in the lower egyptian city of busiris. he might have been a personification of chthonic fertility. later, however, he was a fertility deity as well as the embodiment of the dead and resurrected king.

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family

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•parent(s)

-Geb (father)

-Nut (mother)

•consort(s)

-Isis

•child(ren)

-Horus

-Anubis (some s)

•sibling(s)

-Isis

-Set

-Nephthys

-Heru Wer

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symbol(s)

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-Crook and Flail

-Atef crown

-ostrich feathers

-fish

-mummy gauze

-djed

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correspondences

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-cattle

-cat

-gorilla

-goose

-crocodile

-element: water

-black

-green

-planets: pluto, sun

-zodiac: Taurus

-frankincense

-blackberry

-ivy

-acacia

-willow

-cedar

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festivals

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there are several festivals for Osiris. for example, there is the Wepet-Renpet Festival which opens the year. it is celebrating the death and rebirth of Osiris. another is the Wag Festival. this festival is dedicated to the death of Osiris and the dead. the date is changed according to the lunar calendar. Osiris’ birthday is the 361st day of the year, and although not a celebration, it is an observance where many rituals are performed.

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notable myths

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•long story short, Seth wanted to rule the land of the living, where Osiris was ruling. Seth made a party and Osiris ended up in a coffin. He set it into the Nile and later cut up his body into 13 pieces. Isis set out to find his body and only found 12 pieces. with help from Geb and Anubis, Isis brought Osiris back to life.

•when Nut got pregnant Ra (Atum) was outraged and decreed She could not give birth on any of the 360 days of the year. Thoth bet a moon god Iah (Khonsu), Iah lost and had to give Toth 5 days of moonlight. these are super-added days, called Epagomenae, at the end of the year. on the first day, Osiris was born, then Horus the Elder, then Set, then Isis, and finally Nephthys.