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ازیریس

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Osiris (, from Egyptian wsjr) was the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown and holding a symbolic crook and flail. He was one of the first to be associated with the mummy wrap. When his brother Set cut him to pieces after killing him, with her sister Nephthys, Osiris's sister-wife, Isis, searched Egypt to find each part of Osiris. She collected all but one – Osiris's genitalia. She then wrap

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Osiris was one of ancient Egypt's most important gods, associated with fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, and resurrection, typically shown wearing a distinctive crown and holding a crook and flail. He matters historically because he was central to Egyptian religious beliefs about death and the afterlife, and his mythology—including the famous story of his death and restoration by his wife Isis—profoundly influenced how ancient Egyptians understood life, death, and rebirth.

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It is catalogued under topics including Agricultural gods, Chthonic beings and Egyptian death gods.

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Deity.name
Osiris
Deity.type
Egyptian
Deity.image
Standing Osiris.svg
Deity.alt
Standing Osiris
Deity.caption
Osiris, lord of the dead and of rebirth. His green skin symbolizes regeneration, vegetation and fertility.
Deity.hiero
Q1:D4-A40
Deity.cult_center
Busiris, Abydos
Deity.symbol
Crook and flail, Atef crown, ostrich feathers, fish, mummy gauze, djed
Deity.parents
Geb and NutIpy
Deity.siblings
Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder
Deity.consort
Isis
Deity.offspring
Horus the Younger, Anubis

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Standing Osiris.svg
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Osiris
IPA transcription
oʊˈsaɪərɨs
name in hiero markup
st:D4-A40
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