The Ancient Egyptian God Osiris (his story)

Why was the ancient Egyptian god Osiris so important? In this video, you’ll learn the mythological story of Osiris. By the end, you’ll not only know the story of Osiris, but also the facts about why this story influenced everything from mummification to funerals.



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This book by Salima Ikram is my favorite general introduction to death, burial, and afterlife beliefs and practices. It is a great introduction to a variety of topics related to the afterlife, and has particularly good sections on afterlife beliefs (including Osiris) and mummification. I like it so much that I use it as the main text in one of my courses:

☥Ikram, Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt - https://amzn.to/2wXo6BS



If you’re looking for an introduction to the wider subject of ancient Egyptian religion, this book by Teeter is one I love to use when teaching ancient Egyptian religion. It covers many aspects of ancient Egyptian belief and ritual and devotes an entire chapter to death and afterlife beliefs and rituals:

☥Teeter, Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt - http://amzn.to/2BhmiZs




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Thumbnail credits:
Mummy icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com
Osiris: Wikimedia user Jeff Dahl (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)

Video credits:
Osiris: Wikimedia user Jeff Dahl (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Seth: Wikimedia user Jeff Dahl (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Isis: Wikimedia user Jeff Dahl (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...)
Nephthys: Wikimedia user Jeff Dahl (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Egypt map with names of Upper and Lower Egypt: Wikimedia user Vandal B~commonswiki (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Revivifying Osiris and conceiving Horus from the Seti I Temple at Abydos: Wikimedia user Olaf Tausch (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Drop of water icon: made by Yannick [https://www.flaticon.com/authors/yannick] from www.flaticon.com)
Horus: Wikimedia user Jeff Dahl https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...