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[AUTHORITY: WIKIPEDIA]
For other uses, see Osiris (disambiguation).
"Usire" redirects here. For the 2001 film, see Usire (film). "Aser" redirects here. For other uses, see ASER; it is not to be confused with Acer.
Osiris

Major cult center Busiris, Abydos
Symbol Crook and flail, Atef crown, ostrich feathers, fish, mummy gauze, djed
Genealogy
Parents Geb and Nut
Ipy
Siblings Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus the Elder
Consort Isis
Offspring Horus the Younger, Anubis (in some sources)

Osiris (/oʊˈsaɪrɪs/, from Egyptian wsjr)[a] 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, ed Egypt to find each part of Osiris. She collected all but one – Osiris's genitalia. She then wrapped his body up, enabling him to return to life. Osiris was widely worshipped until the decline of ancient Egyptian religion.

Osiris was at times considered the eldest son of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut, as well as brother and husband of Isis, and brother of Set, Nephthys, and Horus the Elder, with Horus the Younger being considered his posthumously begotten son. Through syncretism with Iah, he was also a god of the Moon.

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