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

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.

Isis → spouseOf → Osiris ⓘ
Ptah → syncretizedWith → Osiris ⓘ
Canopus → worshipCenterOf → Osiris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osiris cult