Definitions for Osiris

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Osiris O·si·ris

Spelling: [oh-sahy-ris]

IPA: /oʊˈsaɪ rɪs/

Osiris is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in Osiris (iiorss).

Definitions for Osiris

noun

1. the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.

Examples for Osiris

It is the breath of life which raises the king from the dead as an Osiris.

Osiris was regarded as an actual king who had died and been reanimated.

In Egyptian mythology, Osiris, the god of the underworld, is praised for introducing beer to humans.

This style of mummy was supposed to represent the deceased in the form of Osiris.

Osiris is the god of good, in contradistinction to Set, the god of evil.

Horus was in fact the son of Osiris and Hathor, from whom he derived his attributes.

He also is, like Ra and Osiris, a god of the under-world to which men go after death.

Osiris was also said to be born about the 25th of December; he suffered, died, and was resurrected.

Let us look at the Egyptian mystery of Osiris in this light.

But the enemy of Osiris became an evil dragon, and was identified with Set.