The Story of Osiris and Isis

Egyptian myth · c. 2000 BCE · Myth / Legend · Egyptian · Ancient

Osiris rules Egypt well until his brother Set shuts him in a chest and scatters him the length of the Nile. His wife Isis searches the country for what is left of him and works the rites that make him whole. Resurrection as devotion.

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Lineage

• ↓ The Gospels
  Christian scripture · c. 70 CE · Scripture — parallels this
• ↓ The Contendings of Horus and Seth
  Egyptian myth · c. 1160 BCE · Myth / Legend — continues this

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