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Isis and Osiris are recorded as siblings within the Egyptian Pantheon.
Egyptian Pantheon
tradition
Egyptian Pantheon
magic, motherhood, healing, protection, wisdom
domains
afterlife, resurrection, fertility, agriculture, judgment
throne, tyet knot, wings, vulture headdress, sistrum
symbols
crook and flail, atef crown, green or black skin, mummy wrappings, djed pillar
Aset, Throne, Lady of Ten Thousand Names
also called
Usir, Lord of the Perfect Black
The atlas records no shared domain or symbol between them. What connects them is elsewhere: Isis and Osiris are recorded as siblings within the Egyptian Pantheon.
Isis alone
magic, motherhood, healing, protection, wisdom
Osiris alone
afterlife, resurrection, fertility, agriculture, judgment
Isis
Cult sites: Philae, until late antiquity, Temples across Egypt and, later, the Roman Mediterranean.
Festivals: Isia, Navigium Isidis (in the Roman world), Khoiak with Osiris.
Throne, magic, and the search for Osiris. Philae kept her when other houses closed. In Rome she became a mystery goddess of sailors and households. The knot of Isis and the sistrum are working tools, not ornaments.
Osiris
Cult sites: Abydos, with the processional route to Umm el-Qa'ab, Osireion and temples throughout Egypt as the dead god.
Festivals: Khoiak mysteries, Osiris festivals of the month of Khoiak.
Death, grain, and kingship of the underworld. Khoiak grew his figure from grain and floated his neshmet bark. Every tomb needs him. Isis, Horus, and the justified dead share the same story.
Egyptian Pantheon
The most powerful goddess in the Egyptian pantheon, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. Goddess of magic, healing, and protection.
Isis is the goddess of magic, healing, and motherhood. Her cleverness and magical power allowed her to learn the secret name of Ra, gaining dominion over the cosmos.
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God of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility. First pharaoh and lawgiver who taught agriculture to humanity. Murdered by his brother Set and resurrected by Isis.
Osiris was the first mythical pharaoh of Egypt, who brought civilization and agriculture. After being murdered and dismembered by his jealous brother Set, he was resurrected by Isis to rule the Underworld.
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