# Osiris — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Osiris in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Isis, Isis Osiris

**First appearance:** 0004-i-introduction

## Who they are

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

## In the story

### [XXXIV: Pythagoras—Egyptian Deities—Oracles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/egyptian-deities)

Worshipped as the god of the sun, warmth, life, fruitfulness, and the Nile; annually visits Isis through inundation.

### [Egyptian Deities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/egyptian-deities)

Goddess of the Earth, wife of Osiris, visited annually by the Nile inundation.

### [Myth of Osiris and Isis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/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.

### [O](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/o)

The most beneficent of the Egyptian gods.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in connection with the ark borne by Egyptian priests.

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