Osiris was a diety in ancient Egypt.
He was associated with fertility and the vegetation.
He was also the principle of spiritual rebirth.
Osiris was the son of Geb and Nut.
His brother Set was very jealous of Orisis.
One day Set was able to trick Osiris to get into a chest which was then thrown into the Nile.
The body was retrieved but when Set found out he tore it into 14 pieces and spread it around all the Kingdom.
All the pieces except one where recovered by the wife of Osiris, Isis.
Using magic she embarmed Osiris and restored him to life.
AFTERLIFE, an elaborate set of buriel rituals
BURIAL, elaborate burials
EMBALMING, the embalming process
MUMMIFYING, the embalming process
COFFINS, the style of coffins
FUNERALS, the funeral process
GOD CENTRES, each district had its own gods
TEMPLES, public were almost never allowed inside
ONE CREATION, creation was a gradual process
THE KING, claimed descent from the gods
ANIMALS, were thought sacred
OSIRIS, associated with fertility
HAPI, god of the nile
HORUS, fought in the form of a sun disk
KHEPRI, the rising sun
PTAH, creator god of memphis
SET, god of darkness
THOTH, god of the moon
NUIT, sky goddess
GEB, god of the earth
NEPHTHYS, goddess of death
MAAT, goddess of truth
ISIS, goddess of magic
BES, god of childbirth
HATHOR, egyptian goddess of heaven
HEKAU, sacred words of power
SCARAB, the symbol of khepera
SAHU, the spiritual body
RA, egyptian sungod
BA, the soul represented as a bird
COFFIN TEXT, inscriptions on sides of coffins
BAST, cat headed goddess
BENNU, legendary bird thought to be the reincarnation of osiris.
EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, written between 1100 b.c. and 900 b.c.
KA, double of the human body
HORBEHUTET, ancient egyptian winged disk
CATS, the use of cats in ancient egypt