OSIRIS - Universiteit Utrecht

osiris4dOverview. Osiris, the Mhty One, was both god of the dead and a central fure of Egyptian mythology.His cult arose around 2600BCE, as those of competing deities,Osiris. Osiris, god of the deceased, was the son and oldest child of Geb, the Earth deity and Nut, the sky goddess. His wife and sister was Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic, fertility, death,