Osiris Traditions And Beliefs

Egyptian Mythology has many major deities that contribute to Egyptian lore. They all lead to a lesson or reason of past behavior and are all known for many things. Although Osiris is best known for being the Egyptian God of the afterlife, he is also known for having a myth influence on the modern day world and an act of heroism.

Osiris first made an appearance in Egyptian texts at the end of the Fifth Dynasty. This Dynasty was from 2500 to 2350 B.C.E (Bleiberg243). Osiris can be looked at as a major Egyptian deity and has a credited background. Osiris is the son to both a God and Goddess of Egypt. Geb, his father, is the God of the earth. His mother, Nut, is the Goddess of the sky. Osiris is both the brother and husband to a Goddess named

Osiris being a ruler in ancient Egypt led to practices that are well known now, but were very new in his time. Osiris was associated with common Egyptian practices such as embalming, mummification, and intense worship. Osiris's powers of potentially promising an afterlife to those deserving of it is what caused the outspread of heavy worship in ancient Greece and Rome. These heavy worship practices led to such an unbelievable reward that it has continued to be a common practice to people of the modern day world. The powers of Osiris have spread to almost all major religions in their respective ways (Wickersham, "Myths and Legends of the world"). Osiris has influenced and associated his looks to modern day representations of Egyptian beings. Osiris' name is written in a hieroglyph showing an "eye surmounting a throne"(Bleiberg243). He is usually shown as a king with a beard and wrapped in cloth similar to a mummy, again showing his influence with mummification. Most of the time he "wears the crown of upper Egypt". Osiris is also wearing an amulet on his neck in most of his representations. He is almost always holding object such as a crook or a flail. These are to show his associations with agriculture and his Godly Powers " of fertility and the underworld. Osiris civilizing the Egyptians with Agriculture has caused farming and fertility to also spread around the world continuing into the modern day

Osiris acted as somewhat of a "culture hero" and was associated with a civil humanity and the "art of civilization in general." (Leeming44). Osiris was once "induced to descend to the earth to bestow gifts and blessings on its inhabitants." Osiris created tools of agricultural value and showed the men how to properly use them. He also showed how an ox could be used to plow the land. He created laws and the tradition of marriage. People were made civil and given a process to worship the Gods.The Nile Valley was pleased with what Osiris had accomplished and showed them. Osiris went on to bless the rest of the world conquering it in the process. He did this with "music and eloquence." Osiris civilized the world in a time where its inhabitants were not knowledgeable in many areas (Bulfinch293). When Osiris was first birthed from Nut and Geb, it was thought of as "an array of good omens and positive signs." This is because at the time of his birth the world was in such disarray. War and cannibalism appeared to be common in the world before Osiris arrived. The inhabitants of Earth were thought of as "barbarians." Soon after helping the people on Earth he became the king of Basiris, a Delta town. Not long after he was king there, he became the king of Egypt. He had a famous craft of teaching defiant populations to