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osiris

/oʊˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/

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What does osiris mean?

proper noun

  1. The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
  2. An exoplanet in the Pegasus constellation, HD 209458 b.

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/oʊˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/

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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.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
Finally, with the gradual ascendancy of male influence and power, it is observed that Seth appears as the brother of Osiris.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
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This legend is apparently partly astronomical and partly vegetational; and the same may be said of the following about Osiris.
Edward CarpenterPagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and MeaningProject Gutenberg ebook #1561
Isis, the consort of Osiris, learns of his death, slain by the great serpent, and ransacks the world in search of his body.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
In the Osiris myth, the youthful Horus loses an eye in his battle with Set.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566