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.

Temple of Philae as a cult place of Osiris

Temple of Philae

The cult of Osiris extended until the 6th century AD on the island of Philae in Upper Nile. The Theodosian edicts of the 390s, to ruin all  pagan  temples,  were  not  applied  there.  The  revere  of  Isis  and Osiris was allowed to continue at Philae until the time of Byzantin Emperor Justinian (527-565), by accord  between  the  Blemmyes-Nobadae  and  Diocletian.  Every  year they inspected Elephantine, and at certain time intervals took the image of Isis up  river  to  the  land  of  the  Blemmyes  for  prophetic  purposes.  The practices  done  when  Justinian I sent the famous byzantine commander (Narses)  to  demolish  sanctuaries, stay  priests,  and  seize  divine  images,  which  were  taken to.

Osiris as a Father of Horus

Horus, Osiris and  Anubis from a tomb's draw

The gods Anubis, Osiris,  and God Horus, from a tomb painting. Osiris  is  the  mythological  father  of  the  deity  Horus,  whose excogitation  is  described  in  the  Osiris  myth,  a  serious  myth  in ancient Egyptian belief. The myth described Osiris as having been defeated by his brother Set, who idolized Osiris' throne. Isis engaged the fragmented patches of Osiris, but the unique body part gone was the  phallus.  Isis  fashioned  a  golden  phallus,  and  briefly  got Osiris  back  to  life  by  use  of  a  piece  that  she  learned  from  her father.  This  charm  gave  her  time  to  grown  pregnant  by  Osiris before he once again died. Isis later broken birth to Horus. As such, since Horus was born afterwards Osiris' resurrection, Horus became view of as a representation of new starts and the vanquisher of the evil Set.

Ptah-Seker  (who  resulted  from  the  merge between Ptah  with Seker),  deity  of  re-incarnation,  thus  gradually  became  discovered with Osiris, the two proper Ptah-Seker-Osiris. As the sun was thought  to  drop  the  night  in  the  underworld,  and  was subsequently re-incarnated every morning, Ptah-Seker-Osiris was discovered  as  both  king  of  the  underworld,  and  god  of reincarnation.