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osiris
/oʊˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/
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What does osiris mean?
proper noun
- The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
- An exoplanet in the Pegasus constellation, HD 209458 b.
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Among the ancient Egyptians the "earth-mother," the "parent of all things born," was Isis, the wife of the great Osiris.
Finally, with the gradual ascendancy of male influence and power, it is observed that Seth appears as the brother of Osiris.
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This legend is apparently partly astronomical and partly vegetational; and the same may be said of the following about Osiris.
Isis, the consort of Osiris, learns of his death, slain by the great serpent, and ransacks the world in search of his body.
In the Osiris myth, the youthful Horus loses an eye in his battle with Set.