Osiris
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One of the oldest gods for whom records have been found, the Egyptian god Osiris is presented here in classical Egyptian styling.
The merciful judge of the dead in the afterlife as well as the agent of the underworld that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile, Osiris was, and is, one of the most widely worshiped deities of the Egyptian Pantheon and, indeed, the ancient world.
Here he is depicted with the crook and flail, symbols of how he was often considered a shepherd of both the living and the dead, in the form of a mummified pharaoh as he was quite commonly shown in Egyptian lore.
Standing 8 " high and 2" wide at its widest point, this statue is crafted of cold-cast resin and painted gold, accented with shades of red, green, and black.
More info about Osiris, one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt.
The origin of Osiris is obscure; he was a local god of Busiris, in Lower Egypt, and may have been a personification of chthonic (underworld) fertility. By about 2400 bce, however, Osiris clearly played a double role: he was both a god of fertility and the embodiment of the dead and resurrected king.
In the Middle Kingdom (1938–c. 1630 bce) the god’s festivals consisted of processions and nocturnal rites and were celebrated at the temple of Abydos, where Osiris had assimilated the very ancient god of the dead, Khenty-Imentiu. This name, meaning “Foremost of the Westerners,” was adopted by Osiris as an epithet. Because the festivals took place in the open, public participation was permitted, and by the early 2nd millennium bce it had become fashionable to be buried along the processional road at Abydos or to erect a cenotaph there as a representative of the dead.
Source: Encyclopedia Brittanica Online
The merciful judge of the dead in the afterlife as well as the agent of the underworld that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile, Osiris was, and is, one of the most widely worshiped deities of the Egyptian Pantheon and, indeed, the ancient world.
Here he is depicted with the crook and flail, symbols of how he was often considered a shepherd of both the living and the dead, in the form of a mummified pharaoh as he was quite commonly shown in Egyptian lore.
Standing 8 " high and 2" wide at its widest point, this statue is crafted of cold-cast resin and painted gold, accented with shades of red, green, and black.
More info about Osiris, one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt.
The origin of Osiris is obscure; he was a local god of Busiris, in Lower Egypt, and may have been a personification of chthonic (underworld) fertility. By about 2400 bce, however, Osiris clearly played a double role: he was both a god of fertility and the embodiment of the dead and resurrected king.
In the Middle Kingdom (1938–c. 1630 bce) the god’s festivals consisted of processions and nocturnal rites and were celebrated at the temple of Abydos, where Osiris had assimilated the very ancient god of the dead, Khenty-Imentiu. This name, meaning “Foremost of the Westerners,” was adopted by Osiris as an epithet. Because the festivals took place in the open, public participation was permitted, and by the early 2nd millennium bce it had become fashionable to be buried along the processional road at Abydos or to erect a cenotaph there as a representative of the dead.
Source: Encyclopedia Brittanica Online
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