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Horus and Osiris, being central figures in her story, spread along with her. [125] The Greek and Roman cult of Isis developed a series of initiation rites dedicated to Isis and Osiris , based on earlier Greco-Roman mystery rites but colored by Egyptian afterlife beliefs. [ 126 ]
Isis may only have come to be Horus's mother as the Osiris myth took shape during the Old Kingdom, [34] but through her relationship with him she came to be seen as the epitome of maternal devotion. [36] In the developed form of the myth, Isis gives birth to Horus, after a long pregnancy and a difficult labor, in the papyrus thickets of the ...
Isis retrieves and joins the fragmented pieces of Osiris, then briefly revives him by use of magic. This spell gives her time to become pregnant by Osiris. Isis later gives birth to Horus. Since Horus was born after Osiris' resurrection, Horus became thought of as a representation of new beginnings and the vanquisher of the usurper Set.
Isis, in the form of a bird, copulates with the deceased Osiris. At either side are Horus, although he is as yet unborn, and Isis in human form. [26] Horus was told by his mother, Isis, to protect the people of Egypt from Set, the god of the desert, who had killed Horus' father, Osiris.
[225] [224] Osiris's devoted wife Isis collected his dismembered limbs and reassembled them, [225] [224] allowing her to revive Osiris in the Duat, the Egyptian afterlife, where he became the king of the dead. [225] [223] [224] In the late twentieth century, scholars began to severely criticize the designation of "dying-and-rising god" altogether.
Then, by uniting with Osiris she conceives Horus. Horus represented the rising sun and in this respect was comparable to the Greek Apollo. [10] There were at least fifteen other Horuses in the Egyptian pantheon, [11] so in the story of Isis and Osiris Horus is "sometimes known as Harsiesis, to distinguish him from the others. He is depicted as ...
The Isis cult developed its mysteries in response to the widespread belief that the Greek mystery cults had originated with Isis and Osiris in Egypt. [9] As the classicist Miguel John Verlsuys puts it, "For the Greeks, the image of Egypt as old and religious was so strong that they could not but imagine Isis as a mystery goddess."
The Mysteries of Osiris, also known as Osirism, [1] were religious festivities celebrated in ancient Egypt to commemorate the murder and regeneration of Osiris.The course of the ceremonies is attested by various written sources, but the most important document is the Ritual of the Mysteries of Osiris in the Month of Khoiak, a compilation of Middle Kingdom texts engraved during the Ptolemaic ...