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Osiris

Egyptian god of the underworld, killed by Set and resurrected by Isis.

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Also known as Isis, Isis Osiris

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Central figure in the Egyptian myth; god of the sun, Nile, and agriculture; murdered by his brother Typhon; his body is recovered by Isis.

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XXXIV: Pythagoras—Egyptian Deities—Oracles
Central figure in the Egyptian myth; god of the sun, Nile, and agriculture; murdered by his brother Typhon; his body is recovered by Isis.
XXXIV: Pythagoras—Egyptian Deities—Oracles
Wife of Osiris; goddess of the earth; searches for and recovers the body of Osiris after his murder.
Egyptian Deities
Worshipped as the god of the sun, warmth, life, fruitfulness, and the Nile; annually visits Isis through inundation.
Egyptian Deities
Goddess of the Earth, wife of Osiris, visited annually by the Nile inundation.
Myth of Osiris and Isis
God who descends to earth to teach agriculture, laws, and worship; murdered by his brother Typhon; his body is cut into pieces and later buried at Philae.
Myth of Osiris and Isis
Goddess who aids humanity with wheat and barley; searches for Osiris's body after his murder; recovers thirteen pieces and establishes his burial at Philae.
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The most beneficent of the Egyptian gods.
Endnotes
Mentioned in connection with the ark borne by Egyptian priests.

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