Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Myth of Osiris


There was once a god named Osiris who ruled Egypt and its people. Osiris was the son of Geb and Nut. He was a really good ruler he made equal laws for the Egyptians, he ruled the Egyptians for many years and cared for them because they where his people .Osiris taught the Egyptians many things. Osiris taught the Egyptians the art of agriculture so the Egyptians now know how to grow fruits and other and other vegetables, even though Osiris was the one that did all the growing because he was the god of vegetation. This god made the Egyptians abolish their beliefs of cannibalism. After he did all these things he decided to spread his rule around the world. Osiris saws how a good job Isis was doing and that everything was in order so he kept on going through the world. When his evil brother set saw this he started plotting against him. Set then had a big feast in which he had lots of food to eat and drink. Set had made a coffin and said that it would be a gift for whose evil it fitted best, but what set hadn't said about the coffin was specially made for Osiris so when Osiris got in the coffin Set put the lid and threw it into the Nile River. Isis loved him so much that she left the throne to Set to go looking for the remains of Osiris. Isis found the body of Osiris in a far away place called Byblos. She then brought Osiris’s body back to Egypt Iris then hid it in the marsh. Set then unfortunately found his body, tore it to pieces then threw it back into the Nile River. Isis then set back looking for the body pieces, until she found all the pieces except the genitals which had been eaten by fish. She took it back to Egypt again, bandaged it together to make the whole body. This became the first mummy. It also became the akh, in this form Osiris traveled to the underworld to become king and judge of the dead.

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