Osiris-Apis

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ancient Egyptian deity sacred bull syncretic deity

Osiris-Apis is an ancient Egyptian sacred bull deity whose cult in Memphis later contributed to the creation of the Greco-Egyptian god Serapis.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Osiris-Apis canonical 1
Osiris–Apis fusion 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ
sacred bull ⓘ
syncretic deity ⓘ
associatedAnimal bull ⓘ
associatedConcept fertility ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
associatedWith Apis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Serapis ⓘ
centerOfVeneration Memphis necropolis ⓘ
culticRole embodiment of deceased Apis bull ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egypt
function mediator between living and dead ⓘ
hasAspect Osirian aspect ⓘ
bovine aspect ⓘ
influenced Serapis ⓘ
languageOfName Egyptian ⓘ
laterDevelopedInto Serapis ⓘ
linkedTo afterlife beliefs ⓘ
royal cult ⓘ
mainCultCenter Memphis ⓘ
partOf Memphite Theology (Shabaka Stone) ⓘ
surface form: Memphite theology
region Lower Egypt ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
role funerary deity ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
symbol bull with Osirian attributes ⓘ
typeOfSyncretism Osiris-Apis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Osiris–Apis fusion
worshippedAs sacred bull deity ⓘ
worshipPeriod Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Ptolemaic period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Serapis → associatedWith → Osiris-Apis ⓘ
Osiris-Apis → typeOfSyncretism → Osiris-Apis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osiris–Apis fusion