Osiris and the Pharaohs

King Seti I addressing Osiris

In the Old Kingdom of ancient Egyptian hstory there is a link of paramount  grandness  between  the monarchy  and  Osiris.  Once  the  ruler  of Egypt has died he turns Osiris, King of  Duat.  The divinity of  the  pharaoh material  in  the  form  of  Horus on  the throne of Egypt takes on a new materialization  as  monarch  in  the  Underworld. Therefore, in the texts decorating the burial chamber of the last pyramid constructed in Dynasty V and  those  built  in the sixth Dynasty, the dead king is sometimes named to  under  the  deities  name,  e.g. Osiris Unas or Osiris Pepy. The opinion that the king has undergone a transmutation of  state  and  has  not  on  death  reached a result  of  existence  is  further emphasized by graphic phraseology, such as asserting that he has gone alive to sit on the throne of Osiris to give rates to the direct.

In  contrast  to  this  correspondence between  the  king  and  Osiris,  sentiments can be found that reveal an apprehensiveness or dread of the ruler of the Underworld. This ponders the underlying hope of the monarch to be with the sun-god in the sky as  a  raw  phenomenon  rather  than  to live  in  the  unknown  and  sick regions  of  Duat.  Therefore  one  text informs us that God Ra will not hand over the king  to  Osiris  while  another  orders  the Underworld-deity to leave the royal tomb outstanding of his bad. Even later when the tutelary  role  of  Osiris  offers  beyond  the sphere of royalty in the Middle Kingdom, in that location  exist  in  the  Coffin  Texts  descriptions of Osiris that stir up a picture of a threatening  demon.  He  glories  in massacre, utters cancerous spells against a dead person and works a mafia lying  of  executioners  called  Osiriss butcherers painful of fingers or Osiriss fishermen.  However,  this  darker  aspect of Osiris is never granted to overbalance his role  as  the  incarnation  of  dead kingship.