Osiris

E8472

ancient Egyptian deity fertility god god of the afterlife resurrection deity

Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility, often depicted as a mummified king and central to Egyptian funerary religion.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Osiris (as god of the dead)	1
Osiris as local lord	1
Osiris cult	1
Osiris through Isis	1
Osirus	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ fertility god ⓘ god of the afterlife ⓘ resurrection deity ⓘ
associatedWith	Duat ⓘ Nile fertility ⓘ agricultural renewal ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ mummification ⓘ rebirth ⓘ
centerOfCultAt	Abydos ⓘ Busiris ⓘ
centralIn	Egyptian funerary religion ⓘ
child	Horus ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	green-skinned man ⓘ holding crook and flail ⓘ mummified king ⓘ wearing the atef crown ⓘ
domain	afterlife ⓘ fertility ⓘ resurrection ⓘ vegetation ⓘ
inText	Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ
killedBy	Set ⓘ
memberOf	Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	dismemberment by Set ⓘ enthronement in the underworld ⓘ reassembly by Isis and Nephthys ⓘ
parent	Geb ⓘ Nut ⓘ
revivedBy	Isis ⓘ
role	judge of the dead ⓘ king of the dead ⓘ ruler of the underworld ⓘ
sibling	Horus ⓘ surface form: Horus the Elder Isis ⓘ Nephthys ⓘ Set ⓘ
spouse	Isis ⓘ
symbol	Red Crown ⓘ surface form: atef crown crook ⓘ djed pillar ⓘ flail ⓘ
title	Lord of Djedu ⓘ Lord of the West ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom Ptolemaic period ⓘ Roman period in Egypt ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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

Temple of Kalabsha → alsoAssociatedWithDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Temple of Philae → alsoDedicatedTo → Osiris ⓘ

Ol' Dirty Bastard → alsoKnownAs → Osiris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Osirus

Egyptians → ancientDeities → Osiris ⓘ

Lord of Djedu → appliedTo → Osiris ⓘ

Book of the Dead → associatedDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Coffin Texts → associatedDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Dendera → associatedDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → associatedDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Temple of Philae → associatedDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Valley of the Queens → associatedDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Abydos → associatedWith → Osiris ⓘ

Thoth → associatedWith → Osiris ⓘ

Giza Pyramids → associatedWithDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Step Pyramid of Djoser → associatedWithDeity → Osiris ⓘ

ankh → associatedWithDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Osiris myth → centralDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Busiris → cultCenterOf → Osiris ⓘ

Busiris → dedicatedTo → Osiris ⓘ

Philae → dedicatedTo → Osiris ⓘ

Temple of Dendur → dedicatedTo → Osiris ⓘ

West Bank necropolis → dedicatedTo → Osiris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Osiris (as god of the dead)

Abydos → dedicatedToDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Ennead of Heliopolis → fourthGeneration → Osiris ⓘ

Serapis → hasAspect → Osiris ⓘ

Isis → hasConsort → Osiris ⓘ

Behbeit el-Hagar → hasDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Isis → hasSibling → Osiris ⓘ

Busiris → hasTempleDedicatedTo → Osiris ⓘ

Lord of Djedu → honorificFor → Osiris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Osiris as local lord

Lord of the West → honorificFor → Osiris ⓘ

Ennead of Heliopolis → includesDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Hellenistic religion → integratesDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Duat → judgmentPresidedBy → Osiris ⓘ

Pharaoh → linkedToDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Sothis → linkedWith → Osiris ⓘ

this entity surface form: Osiris through Isis

Pharaonic Egypt → majorDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Busiris → majorDeityVenerated → Osiris ⓘ

Duat → overseenBy → Osiris ⓘ

Horus → parent → Osiris ⓘ

Geb → parentOf → Osiris ⓘ

Nut → parentOf → Osiris ⓘ

Duat → primaryDeity → Osiris ⓘ

Valley of the Kings → primaryDeityAssociated → Osiris ⓘ

Lord of Djedu → refersTo → Osiris ⓘ

Lord of the West → refersTo → Osiris ⓘ

Metamorphoses by Apuleius → religionFeatured → Osiris ⓘ

Nephthys → siblingOf → Osiris ⓘ

Set → siblingRival → Osiris ⓘ

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → significantDeity → Osiris ⓘ