Osiris

God of the underworld.  He is married to Isis who is also his sister.
Osiris was killed by his jelous brother Seth.  Seth captured him in a coffin and sent
him down the Nile river.  Isis discovered the body and brought it back.  His body was
again discovered by Seth and he chopped him in peices and once again into the Nile.
Isis searched all of Egypt for the peices and was able to put them together.  Osiris
symbolizes nature and afterlife.  He is also the god of vegetation.  Sprouted plants in tombs
where used to syblolize the life after death.



Osiris with the four children of Horus, his son, before him.
Image taken from www.pantheon.org



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