Osiris-Apis
Osiris-Apis is a single deity resulting from the syncretic worship of Osiris and the bull Apis. The Egyptian name wsjr-ḥp was later written in Coptic as ⲟⲩⲥⲉⲣϩⲁⲡⲓ Userhapi. The name of the deity is derived from the syncretic worship of Osiris and the bull Apis as a single deity under the Egyptian name wsjr-ḥp.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1550 BCE
- Attested period
- -1550 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Earliest mention of a "Sarapis" occurs in the disputed death scene of Alexander (323 BCE).
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“Originally known as Demotic wsjr-ḥp, ('Osiris-Apis'), the name of the deity is derived from the syncretic worship of Osiris and the bull Apis as a single deity under the Egyptian name wsjr-ḥp.”
#24523 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It was believed that the bulls were incarnations of the god Ptah, which would become immortal after death as Osiris-Apis.”
#41874 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“It was believed that the bulls became immortal after death as Osiris-Apis, a name shortened to Serapis in the Hellenic period.”
#46456 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free