Ptah-Seker-Osiris
deity underworld single tradition · 1
Ptah-Seker-Osiris is the result of the identification of Ptah-Seker with Osiris. As the sun was thought to spend the night in the underworld, and was subsequently "reborn" every morning, Ptah-Seker-Osiris was identified as king of the underworld, god of the afterlife, life, death, and regeneration.
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- Osiris myth is central to ancient Egyptian belief.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Seker-Osiris, Isis, Set, Horus
- syncretized with
- Osiris, Ptah-Seker
- manifested by
- Ptah-Seker
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Ptah-Seker (who resulted from the identification of the creator god Ptah with Seker) thus gradually became identified with Osiris, the two becoming Ptah-Seker-Osiris. As the sun was thought to spend the night in the underworld, and was subsequently "reborn" every morning, Ptah-Seker-Osiris was identified as king of the underworld”
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