Osiris
deity underworld Egyptian corroborated · 96
Osiris is an Egyptian deity associated with immortality. If a person's heart is light, they gain admittance into immortality with Osiris.
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When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in funerary texts from the Old Kingdom period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Argus Panoptes, Cuegle, Mokumokuren, Lord Shiva, Tripura Sundari, Adi Parashakti, Durga, Ōmukade, Obayifo, Obia, Og, Ogre, Ojáncanu, Oni, Orthrus, onibi, Obake, Obariyon, Oceanid, Odei, Odmience, Oiwa, Ōkami, Okiku, Öksökö, Ōkubi, Okuri-inu, Ole-Higue, Onikuma, Onmoraki, Onoskelis, Onryō, Opiyel Guabiron, Orang Bunian, Orang Minyak, Ördög, Oread, Ork, Orobas, Otso, Ouroboros, Ovinnik, Owlman, Chnum, Aion, Dumuzi, Ningishzida, Apophis, Hapi, Bennu, Min, Ereshkigal, Adonis, Tammuz, Zagreus, Herrut, Kebechet, Hesat, Hermanubis, Khenty-Amentiu, Tepy-djuef, Neb-ta-djeser, Mot, Huur, Spandaramet, Aqen, Imset, Janus, Hercules, Hestia, Api, Tabiti, Papaios, Argimpasa, Terminus, Her[e]cle, Aphrodite Urania, Neferhotep, Ihy, Tasenetnofret, Panebtawy, Athena, Kronos, Vesta, Anput, Ashtart, Ceres, Hermes Trismegistus, Ma'at, Hathor, Nubit, Ipet-Nut, Iah, Ptah-Seker, Quetzalcoatl, Tefnut, Eros, Heru-pa-Khered, Bubastis, Re, Ptahil, Tatenen, Sia, Hu, Mehen, Shu, Sekhmet, Amun-Ra, Khnum-Ra, Min-Ra, Bast, Inanna, Tanit, Hand-of-Venus, Hand-of-Mary, Ogdoad, Tutu, Sobek-Heru, Sobek-Geb, Sobek-Ra, Banebdjedet, Hatmehit, Ꜣst-wrt-ḥꜢt-mḥyt, Meretseger, Imentet, Amun, Shai, Four sons of Horus, Sopdu, Sopdet, *Dyēus, Horus the Elder, Ra-Atum, Horus the Younger, Mnevis, Buchis, Re-Horakhty, Haroeris, Seth, Ram of Mendes, Mehet-Weret, Werethekau, Nebetu'u, Repyt, Kolanthes, Aperetiset, Tayt, Nepit, Iabet, Nun, Pat, Serket, Nehmtaway, Sah, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Demeter, Cerberus, Maga, Ennead, Nut, Bes, Atum, Khonshu, Khnum, Maahes, Onuris, Montu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Im-ho-tep, Horus, Khepri, Geb, Kherty, Hemtet, Iqeru, Jagw, Assessors of Maat, ꜥmmt, Ma'at, Antinous, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Renenutet, Hapy, Imsety, Sendjet, Isis-Aphrodite, CM3, Sabbac, Apis, Osorapis, Anat, Thoth, Imiut, Khenti-Seh-netjer, Heh gods, Khonshu, Bastet, Mut, Chons, Aroueris, Great God, Lord of the West, Eye of Ra, Hephaestus, Ptah, Set, Anubis, Typhon, The Thing That Cries In The Night, Seker, Wadjyt, Enki, Pangu, Cronus, Ymir, Ramman, Ukemochi, Harpocrates, Sothis, Dark Spirit, Chemosh, MLKM, QWS1, KMS1, Nephytha, Prince Who Was a Thousand, Naneferkaptah, Upuaut, Anher, Khentamenti, Nekhtnebf, Dodomeki, early kings, Ammit, Ogun, Oshun, Odin, Ophanim, Seraphim, Azrael, Indra, Gaia, Zeus, Amon, Jesus, Attis, Hermes, Mars, Ares, Jupiter, Heracles, Hadad, Apollo, Viracocha, Inti, Sūrya, Shamash, Sol, Helios, Aten, Aphrodite, Bat, Menhit, Apep, Arensnuphis, Sebiumeker, Hades, Astarte, Ištar, Aker, Artemis (Diana), Tiamat, El, Qaws
- allied with
- Atum, Tayt, Ra, Heka, Rekhyt, Horus, Sobek, Sokar, Ptah, Isis, Anubis, Nephthys, Wepwawet, Amu-Aa, pillar of djed
- syncretized with
- Ra, Kherty, Iah, Dionysus, Andjety, Ptah, Sokar, Khonshu, Khenti-Amentiu, Dionysus-Osiris, Milcom, Agathodaemon, Dedun, Ptah-Seker-Osiris, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, Shemanefer, Wenenu, Heryshaf, Userhapi, Serapis, Osiris-Andjety, Aššur
- sibling of
- Horus the Elder, Isis, Nephthys, Set, Arueris
- parent of
- Horus the Younger, Harpocrates, Apis, Babi, Anubis, Horus, Hoor-pa-kraat
- manifests as
- Sau-Rechit (S3w-Rhjt), Khenti-Amentiu, Dionysus
- consort of
- Isis
- enemy of
- Titans, Set, Quan Yaozu
- has aspect
- Neferhotep, Seker-Osiris, Banebdjed, Neper, Osiris-Apis
- served by
- Celestial Ferryman, Medjed, Nehebkau, Amu-Aa, Isis, sons of Horus, Nephthys, Neith, Serqet, Thoth, Ghost Fist, Eye of Horus, Aaru
- creator of
- Ghost Fist
Mentioned by
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Sources
wikipedia (91)
encyclopedia (5)
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“If the heart doesn't weigh down the scales, then they can carry on in the afterlife, but if the heart appears heavy and filled with burdens, then it is to be fed to Ammit, therefore giving the heart a second death and no admittance into immortality with Osiris.”
#4037 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Osiris in Egyptian mythology (in some depictions).”
#5099 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Osiris (Hellenized) – God of the dead and the judge of the underworld”
#5158 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“a gem carved with magic emblems bears the images of Serapis with crocodile, sun-lion and Osiris mummy surrounded by the lion-headed snake Chnum–Agathodaemon–Aion”
#9058 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Horus gradually took on the nature as both the son of Osiris and Osiris himself. He was referred to as Golden Horus Osiris. In the temple of Denderah he is given the full royal titulary of both that of Horus and Osiris.”
#9575 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001