Osiris myth

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ancient Egyptian myth myth of death and resurrection religious narrative

The Osiris myth is an ancient Egyptian religious narrative centered on the death and resurrection of the god Osiris, the mourning and magic of Isis, and the succession of their son Horus, symbolizing themes of kingship, justice, and the afterlife.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Osiris myth canonical 4
Osirian mysteries 1
Osiris's enthronement in the Duat 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian myth ⓘ
myth of death and resurrection ⓘ
religious narrative ⓘ
associatedConcept Ma'at ⓘ
surface form: Maʿat

judgment of the dead ⓘ
Duat ⓘ
surface form: weighing of the heart
associatedRitual Abydos mysteries ⓘ
funerary rites ⓘ
mummification practices ⓘ
associatedText Book of the Dead ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ
Great Hymn to Osiris ⓘ
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
centralDeity Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Nephthys ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Seth ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egypt
functionInReligion model for royal succession ⓘ
paradigm for human death and rebirth ⓘ
influence Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
surface form: Greco-Roman mystery religions

later Western interpretations of resurrection myths ⓘ
narrativeFocus Osiris becoming lord of the underworld ⓘ
conception of Horus ⓘ
contests between Horus and Seth ⓘ
dismemberment of Osiris ⓘ
divine tribunal over kingship ⓘ
murder of Osiris by Seth ⓘ
reassembly of Osiris by Isis and Nephthys ⓘ
revivification of Osiris ⓘ
roleOfHorus avenger of his father ⓘ
heir to the throne ⓘ
roleOfIsis mourning wife ⓘ
powerful magician ⓘ
roleOfOsiris god of the dead ⓘ
rightful king of Egypt ⓘ
roleOfSeth embodiment of chaos ⓘ
usurper ⓘ
symbolizes hope for life after death ⓘ
legitimacy of pharaonic kingship ⓘ
triumph of order over chaos ⓘ
theme afterlife ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
death ⓘ
justice ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Isis → partOfMyth → Osiris myth ⓘ
Set → linkedMythCycle → Osiris myth ⓘ
Canopus → hasTypeOfCult → Osiris myth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osirian mysteries
murder of Osiris → partOf → Osiris myth ⓘ
murder of Osiris → followedBy → Osiris myth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osiris's enthronement in the Duat
Abydos mysteries → centralTheme → Osiris myth ⓘ
this entity surface form: resurrection of Osiris
Seth → participatesInMyth → Osiris myth ⓘ
Abdju → associatedWith → Osiris myth ⓘ
this entity surface form: myth of Osiris