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Isis and Osiris are two ancient Egyptian deities.

Isis and Osiris may also refer to:

new Canadian opera "Isis and Osiris, Gods of by composer Peter-Anthony Togni and librettist Sharon Singer

  • The Osiris myth, in which Isis and Osiris are central characters
  • De Iside et Osiride, an essay on ancient Egyptian religion by Plutarch, included in his collection Moralia
  • "O Isis und Osiris", an aria in the opera The Magic Flute
  • The second track on Ayreon's third album Into the Electric Castle

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Osiris myth

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The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of the god Osiris, a primeval king of...

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Isis and Osiris

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Isis and Osiris are two ancient Egyptian deities. Isis and Osiris may also refer to: new Canadian opera "Isis and Osiris, Gods of by composer Peter-Anthony...

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Osiris

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murder. Isis and Hercules (Horus) avenged the death of Osiris and slew Typhon. Isis recovered all the parts of Osiris' body, except the phallus, and secretly...

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Isis

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of the Ennead, so that Osiris becomes king. Isis, who is Osiris's wife as well as his sister, is his queen. Set kills Osiris and, in several versions of...

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Mysteries of Isis

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The mysteries of Isis were religious initiation rites performed in the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman world. They were modeled on...

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Osiris and Isis

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Osiris and Isis (German: Osiris und Isis) is a painting made by the German artist Anselm Kiefer in 1985–1987. It shows an Egyptian mastaba and incorporates...

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Mysteries of Osiris

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The Mysteries of Osiris were religious festivities celebrated in ancient Egypt to commemorate the murder and regeneration of Osiris. The course of the...

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The Magic Flute

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invokes the gods Isis and Osiris, asking them to protect Tamino and Pamina (Aria and chorus: "O Isis und Osiris / O Isis and Osiris"). Tamino and Papageno are...

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Horus

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Horus in life and Osiris in death. The most commonly encountered family relationship describes Horus as the son of Isis and Osiris, and he plays a key...

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Moralia

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great general; On the Worship of Isis and Osiris, a crucial source of information on Egyptian religious rites; and On the Malice of Herodotus (which...

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Journey in Satchidananda

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Coltrane's home studio in Dix Hills, New York, in November 1970, while "Isis and Osiris" was recorded live at the Village Gate in Greenwich Village in July...

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Ahura Mazda

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Plutarch (1936). Isis and Osiris. Translated by Thayer, Bill. Loeb Classical Library. pp. 46–47; available online: Plutarch (1936). Isis and Osiris. LacusCurtius...

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Chronos

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Natura Deorum, § 2.64". LSJ s.v. Κρόνος. Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris, 32. West, p. 178. Kirk, Raven, and Schofield, pp. 24, 56. Beekes, S. P., Etymological...

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Numbers in Egyptian mythology

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Story of Isis and Osiris". ^ Associated with the five "extra" days in the Egyptian calendar. From "The Story of Isis and Osiris". ^ "Se-Osiris and the Sealed...

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Harpocrates

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Greeks and Roman poets made Harpocrates the god of silence and secrecy. In Egyptian mythology, Horus was the child of Isis and Osiris. Osiris was the...

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Veil of Isis

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breasts, who represents Isis, Artemis, or a combination of both. The first mention of the veil of Isis appears in On Isis and Osiris, a philosophical interpretation...

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Hathor

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Baalat with Isis at that time. A myth about Isis's presence in Byblos, related by the Greek author Plutarch in his work On Isis and Osiris in the 2nd century...

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Zagreus

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conspired against Osiris, killed him, divided his body into equal parts, and "slipped them secretly out of the house". All but Osiris' penis, which since...

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Arimanius

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Plutarch (1936). Isis and Osiris. Translated by Thayer, Bill. Loeb Classical Library. pp. 46–47; available online: Plutarch (1936). Isis and Osiris. Translated...

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Dorothy Eady

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story of Isis and Osiris. She took the role of Isis and sang the lamentation for Osiris's death, based on Andrew Lang's translation: Sing we Osiris dead,...

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Ennead

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fertility and order, while Set and Nephthys represent chaos to balance out Osiris and Isis. Horus, the son of Osiris and Isis, is often included in this creation...

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Dendera

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Ptolemy XII before Hathor and Philae, at the Hathor Temple, Dendera, which he built in 54 BC. Ptolemy XII before Isis and Osiris, at the Hathor Temple, Dendera...

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Nephthys

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Heliopolitan Ennead. She is the sister of Isis and companion of the war-like deity, Set. As sister of Isis and especially Osiris, Nephthys is a protective goddess...

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Dionysus

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with Osiris. Stories of the dismemberment of Osiris and the re-assembly and resurrection by Isis closely parallel those of the Orphic Dionysus and Demeter...

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