Osiris

Osiris was primarily and originally a God of agriculture and vegetation, depicted with a green face to represent fertility. He closely associated with his wife, Isis, and together they ruled over similar aspects of Egyptian life: agriculture and grains, weaving and spinning, justice, civilization and religion. His images show him frequently carrying a crook and a flail, and wearing the tall white crown of Upper Egypt.

After he was killed by Set, and resurrected by Isis, Osiris became the God of the Underworld as well. With his death and rebirth, Osiris is identified as one of the 'Dying Gods' so common to religions and myths around the world. After death, a person's soul would come before Osiris to be judged and weighed against the feather of Ma'at (justice). Though a symbol of life, Osiris also represented death and decay in his Underworld aspect.

His worship was wide-spread in Egypt and he was identified by more than 200 titles. The main center for the cult of Osiris was in Abydos in Upper Egypt. The myth of his resurrection was re-enacted every year there in a great festival. His rebirth is seen each year in the rising and flooding of the Nile, which brings life to the valley.

Like many of the central Egyptian Gods, Osiris was the son of Nut (sky) and Geb (earth), just like his sister Isis.