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Osiris in Hieroglyphs

Let’s read some hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ!

The inscription π“Ÿπ“›π“₯ that you see in the picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏 spells out the name π“‚‹π“ˆ– of the god π“ŠΉ Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­. β€œOsiris” is actually the Greek version of the name π“‚‹π“ˆ–; the ancient Egyptians π“†Žπ“π“€€π“π“ͺ probably would have pronounced his name π“‚‹π“ˆ– like β€œIsr.”

There are a couple of different ways to write Osiris’ π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ name π“‚‹π“ˆ–, but β€œπ“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­β€ is the most common way! Other variations are:
π“‡¬π“ˆ–π“ˆ–π“„€π“€­
π“Š©π“Ή

Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ is considered one of the most important deities in ancient Egypt π“†Žπ“…“π“π“Š–. While he is mostly known as the god π“ŠΉ of the underworld/afterlife 𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐 (Duat), but that he also controlled all life π“‹Ήπ“ˆ–π“ from the underworld 𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐. This means that Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ was associated with the annual flooding of the Nile River π“‡‹π“π“‚‹π“…±π“ˆ—π“ˆ˜π“ˆ‡π“Ί but also the growing vegetation and annual harvest. This makes sense since Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ is strongly connected with regeneration and rebirth, and the ancient Egyptians π“†Žπ“π“€€π“π“ͺ also associated the Nile π“‡‹π“π“‚‹π“…±π“ˆ—π“ˆ˜π“ˆ‡π“Ί with these characteristics. Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ was even thrown into the Nile π“‡‹π“π“‚‹π“…±π“ˆ—π“ˆ˜π“ˆ‡π“Ί after he was cut up by his brother π“Œ’π“ˆ– Seth π“Šƒπ“π“„‘π“£!

It was believed that every person, not just deceased 𓅓𓏏𓏱 pharaohs, became associated with Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ when they died! However people were not resurrected in this life π“‹Ήπ“ˆ–π“ (even Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­ himself wasn’t technically resurrected), instead, the person was reborn into the next life and lived in the Duat 𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐!