#ausir

[godslavecomic]

GODSLAVE follows Edith and her journey with the gods of Egyptian Mythology⚡️ Tangled up in monster fights, pantheon family feuds, and her boss, the god of storms; Edith is figuring out who to trust and where she belongs in these myths vs reality. ⚡️⚡️Read GODSLAVE Chapter One here

#webcomic #mythology #Egyptian mythology #Egyptian gods #egyptology #deities #Egyptian deities #set #setesh #horus #heru #hathor #het-heru #ausir #osiris #comic #comics

[deitiesofduat]

[01] -- OSIRIS

✦ TITLE: Lord Osiris, King of Duat -- The God of the Dead, the Afterlife, and Resurrection

✦ SACRED ANIMAL: The Bennu Bird ✦ DIVINE WEAPON: The Crook and Flail ✦ NOTABLE EPITHETS: "Ruler of Eternity; Lord of Silence; One Who Presides on His Throne; Sovereign of the Underworld" ✦ PROFILE: https://deitiesproject.com/portfolio/osiris/

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Lord Osiris, the King of Duat, is the first-born and eldest of the royal children of Nut and Geb. He is the husband of Isis, and the father of Horus.

The once-deceased god-king Osiris dutifully serves as the ruler and judge of the underworld. He was resurrected following years of conflict within his divine family. He values his second life, but understands his solemn burden of restoring stability to the entire pantheon.

DEITIES x OC_TOBER -- Deity Profiles [Full Character Lineup]

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Lmao ya'll thought Set would be the first one, didn't ya B')c

Thematically, Osiris is the first born of the Royal Pesedjet (aka the Ennead, at least the four from Osiris’s generation), so it makes sense to feature him first for OC_Tober! A lot of the myth revolves around Osiris's death and resurrection,  though I'd like to revisit and give him some attention so he's not only a passive character in the story. I know he’s deeply important to Ancient Egyptian culture and would like to reflect that more.

Fun fact -- though I haven't drawn him as much, it seems that many people like or are curious about Osiris -- b/c his website profile is THE most viewed one out of everyone's!

This is closely followed by Set's, but uh... let's not give the guy another reason to loathe his older brother 😂

For any questions about Osiris or the rest of the project or cast, you can submit your message in the reopened Askbox and I'll answer them during the weekend -- just be sure to review the FAQs & Guidelines (as well as the latest update for more context), thank you! UPDATE: All wrapped up for this year, stay tuned for more blog updates later!

#// nervously posts the first one lmao it's been a hot minute-- #// Give me until either later tonight or tomorrow for a formal announcement for askbox but yeh -- it's open! #Deities of Duat #DEITIES Project #Osiris #OC_tober #OC_tober 2022 #artwork #characters #deities #design references #DEITIES Profiles #egyptian mythology #egyptian gods #kemetic #mythology #wesir #ausir #auser #aser

[gaywoso]

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[07/20/2023]

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[antiquitiesandlabyrinths]

. . .Osiris

Osiris (Great and Beautiful is He) is the God of the Underworld; its King and Pharaoh ruling over the Duat. He is pictured here on the far left, His skin green and His body in mummiform. This is commonly how He is depicted; as a green-skinned, mummified man.

Son of Nut, the Sky Goddess, and Geb, the Earth God, Osiris was the first King of Egypt in accordance with Kemetic mythology, although there are stories that recount Geb, His father, being King before Him. There are a great deal of myths and stories that surround and involve Osiris, and I suppose it is important to at least skim over them before discussing hard facts about Him, as it gives some reference as to who He is and what the culture surrounding Him is like.

Osiris Myth

After the world was created, the Demiurge (who changes according to myth, and can be Neith, Ra, Amun, Ptah, or others) produces children; in the most popular form of this creation story, it is usually Ra who births the first Gods. They are Shu and Tefnut, Air and Moisture. Shu and Tefnut then form a union and birth two children of Their own: Nut and Geb, Sky and Earth. Nut and Geb were very much in love and refused to separate from each other, which, of course, caused a problem, because if the sky and the earth are eternally in contact, there is no space for anything to live and walk upon the earth. Ra made it so Nut and Geb were forever separated, by having Shu, air, stand atop Geb and hold Nut up as the sky. But Nut was already pregnant. When Ra discovered this, He was enraged, and forbade Nut from ever giving birth on any day of the year.

Nut cried to Djehuty (Thoth), and Thoth devised a plan. He went to Khonsu, God of the Moon, and set up a gamble, saying that every round of the game Senet Khonsu lost, He would have to give Nut some of His moonlight. Khonsu ended up losing so many times that Nut had enough moonlight for five days––five days that weren't in the calendar. This allowed Her to give birth on those five days, and on each day She had a different child; Ausir (Osiris), Wr-Heru (Horus the Elder), Sutekh (Set, Seth), Auset (Isis), and Nebet-Het (Nephthys). Nut and Geb were still forever separated by atmosphere (Shu), but the five Gods were birthed, and Osiris, as the eldest son, became King of the Living World.

As a side note, all Gods do have ancient Egyptian names which are different from Their Greek and now modern names. For convenience's sake, and to avoid confusion, I will use the names They are most known by; Their Greek/modern names. And as another side note, there are a lot of variations on this story. I will be piecing together a lot of different ideas but I will be leaving some things out for the sake of cohesion.

When Osiris came to Egypt, He found the people there to be chaotic and lawless. As King, He instituted laws and spread ma'at, which is truth, justice, harmony, and order. Egypt flourished under His rule and the people were incredibly happy, as all were equal, and with the fertility of the God-King, the crops were always bountiful and food was plenty. He brought not only law and prosperity, but also the right way to worship, and the teachings of agriculture.

Set, God of chaos, confusion, the desert, and of foreigners, and the youngest brother of the Ennead, grew to be quite jealous of His older brother. There are many variations and the most popular variation of this story comes from the end of the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC), where Set fashions a fabulous coffin in the perfect measurements of Osiris, throws a party, and tells the party-goers that whomever the coffin fits may have the coffin as a gift. When Osiris fits perfectly, Set quickly shuts and bolts the coffin and throws it in the Nile (this version of the myth gives an origin to the idea that people who drowned in the Nile were holy). His coffin drifts downstream and into the Mediterranean, where it washes ashore in Phoenicia, in Byblos. The coffin wedges itself into a growing tamarisk tree, a tree which envelops the coffin. Eventually the tree is cut down and used as a pillar in the palace in Byblos.

Isis, Osiris' wife and sister, searched far and wide for Her husband, and did eventually find Herself in Byblos. The story is quite long and complicated, but in the end She convinced the King to give Her the pillar, and when she returned to Egypt, She hid Osiris in a swampy area of the Nile delta, and bade Her sister, Nephthys, to watch over Him while She went in search of healing herbs. But Seth heard that Osiris was back, and so after interrogating His sister-wife, Nephthys, He found Osiris, cut His body into pieces, and threw them into the Nile.

Isis was horrified at what transpired in Her absence, but She immediately set to work on finding the many pieces of Her husband with the help of Her sister, Nephthys. They managed to find every piece of His body except His phallus, which had been eaten by an oxyrhyncus fish, a fish that was thus forbidden to eat.

With the pieces of Osiris reassembled, and the healing powers of Isis in full power, Osiris was brought back to life, but incomplete. Isis assumed the form of a kite, and from above drew out the seed of Osiris, impregnating Herself with Their child: Horus the Younger. But Osiris, still incomplete, could not properly rule over the land of the living any longer.

This is why He is the ruler of the dead––He was once the king of the living, was killed, and was resurrected, and this is what every ancient Egyptian expected and hoped would happen to them: that they would die and be resurrected. In tombs and mortuary temples you will always see Pharaohs associating themselves with Osiris.

But this long myth I have just told you is not the only version of the story, and in my opinion, it is definitely the longest version of the story. Back in the Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom there were several different versions; for example, Set's motive is different, ranging from revenge for Osiris kicking him, to revenge for Nephthys (Seth's sister-wife) sleeping with Osiris (which eventually births Anubis). Some texts claim that Seth took on the form of a wild animal, such as a crocodile or a hippopotamus, and killed Osiris that way. In others, Osiris is drowned. In some, the steps surrounding the coffin are skipped, and Osiris is simply cut up, and His pieces scattered around Egypt; a version which explains the many cult centers of Osiris claiming to be a place where Osiris is buried. Osiris' resurrection is also often helped along by other Gods such as Thoth (God of wisdom) and Anubis (God of embalming). In some versions, Set is killed for His actions. In most He is simply defeated and driven from the land, as chaos is necessary for balance and harmony, and thus cannot be killed. And the story that I have told is from the Late Period, recorded by Plutarch, and does not really go along with many Egyptian accounts, which often find Osiris' penis intact.

So that is the Osiris myth with all of its' intricacies and changing rhythms over the course of 4,000 years of Egyptian history. It embodies a huge amount of cultural practices and religious ideas within ancient Egypt, including the idea of truth, harmony, and justice, as well as resurrection, the afterlife, healing, and the workings of the cosmos. I've decided to leave out the later parts involving Osiris' son, Horus, and His fight with Set, for now because this does not directly involve Osiris, and that is our topic for this post.

Tradition, History, and Culture

Worship of Osiris dates back to the Old Kingdom, but the idea of Osiris is likely older than this. Before Osiris was actually Khentiamenti, an agricultural God centered in Abydos, a city which would later become the cult center of Osiris. Khentiamenti means 'Foremost of the Westerners', a title for the ruler of the dead, as the dead resided in the west, where the sun set each day. But Osiris Himself is not found mentioned in any texts or carvings until the 5th Dynasty, where He is depicted as a man wearing a divine wig. Later on He would take on the form we know Him best in––wrapped in a white mummy shroud, wearing an atef crown with ostrich plumes on the sides.

The mummy shroud He is depicted in forever associates Him with death and with the essential story behind Him, which is why I found it so important to start off with the Osiris Myth. This myth is also why He consumed and took the place of Khentiamenti; the name Khentiamenti, Foremost of the Westerners, instead became a title for Osiris as the King of the blessed dead. Another common epithet/name of Osiris is Wennefer (Omnophris), meaning 'The Beautiful One', 'The Beneficent One', and more archaically, 'One Whose Body Did Not Decay'. Among these names He was also called 'The Lord of Love', 'The King of Living', and 'The Eternal Lord'. From the Early Dynastic Period up until the end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, when Rome conquered Egypt, Osiris was one of the most highly worshipped and revered Gods of Egypt.

Osiris was associated with the Nile river, with its' renewal and life-giving abilities, as one of Osiris' domains and powers was fertility, as well as rebirth. Another of His duties, evidence of which originates in the New Kingdom, was to act as judge of the dead; being King, He sat on the tribunal with the 42 Judges in the famous Weighing of the Heart ceremony. In this ceremony, which took place in the afterlife, the deceased would have to stand before the court and place their soul up for judgement. If it weighed lighter than the feather of Ma'at, representing all justice, truth, and harmony, then the heart acted well in life and would be allowed eternal happiness in the Field of Reeds. If not, the heart, and thus the person, would be consumed by Ammit and committed to nothingness. So Osiris would sit in on this tribunal and judge who entered His kingdom, as it was His domain. In this role, and in His role as King of the Living, as well, He was the embodiment of harmony, law, and justice.

"Most of his appeal was based on his embodiment of the cosmic harmony. The rising Nile was his insignia, and the moon’s constant state of renewal symbolized his bestowal of eternal happiness in the lands beyond the grave. In this capacity he also became the model of human endeavors and virtues..." (The Complete Gods And Goddesses Of Ancient Egypt, p.307)

As I mentioned earlier, Abydos became His cult center, as it was the cult center of the God who came before Him, whose traits He subsumed. It became a very popular burial site, as legends would say that Abydos was where Osiris was truly buried, and the people wanted to be buried as close as possible to Osiris. At one point they believed an ancient tomb there––which was actually the tomb of an Early Dynastic King––to be the tomb of Osiris, which they much revered, and left so many offerings in clay pots that Arabs would later call the site 'Umm el Qa'ab'; Mother of Pots. But this was not the only burial site of Osiris; since many variations of the myth include Set chopping up and dismembering Osiris into many parts, ranging from 14 to 42 different parts. These parts were scattered across Egypt, so many cities and nomes could claim that they had a part of Osiris buried in their domain. For example, far in the south, the island of Bigah claimed to be the burial site of Osiris' left leg, and thus the source for the yearly Nile inundation.

Going back to the Osiris Myth, after Osiris died and became the ruler of the dead, His son took His place as King of the Living: the falcon God, Horus (Heru the Younger). After the brief bout of chaos brought about under Set's rule, Horus took over (after much deliberation from the Gods) and order was restored. Because of this story, Pharaohs would not only associate themselves with Osiris in death, but with Horus in life. Each Pharaoh, as they came to the throne, would become the living embodiment of Horus on earth, the son of Osiris. In this way, Isis was also the mother of every Pharaoh, and their protector. And, to added extent, each Pharaoh would have a personal name, and then a Horus name granted to them when they ascended to the throne.

"It is for this reason that Osiris is so often depicted as a mummified pharaoh; because pharaohs were mummified to resemble Osiris. The image of the great mummified god preceeded the practice of preparing the royal body to look like Osiris... The king's appearance as modeled after Osiris' extended throughout his reign; the famous flail and shepherd's staff, synonymous with Egyptian pharaohs, were first Osiris' symbols as the flail represented the fertility of his land while the crook symbolized the authority of his rule." (Osiris, World History Encyclopedia, Joshua J. Mark)

Osiris can also be represented by a number of physical symbols, such as the crook and flail that He carries in almost all representations of His earthly form. The crook, which is the striped hook He carries, represents power/authority, and is a symbol of the Pharaoh. The flail, which is the instrument in His other hand, represents the fertility of the Nile, and as an extension, the fertility of Osiris Himself. But the crook and flail, though both seen typically as symbols of Pharaonic power, are actually the tools of a shepherd. There is reasonable evidence, thusly, to suggest that the physical origins of the idea of Osiris may not be that of a great King, but of a ruler of a shepherd tribe in the Nile Delta, whose rule was so beneficent that it led to him being worshipped as a God. For Egyptologists, this theory comes from His association with Andjety, a predynastic God-King worshipped in the Delta who also bore the crook and flail as His symbols. This, however, has not and likely cannot be fully proven. But the postulation is still interesting nonetheless!

Osiris' ba soul had its' own culture of worship, a practice of soul-worship that is prevalent in the cults of several other Gods, such as Hathor (HwtHer). In this form, Osiris was known as Banebdjedet, meaning 'The Ba of the Lord of the Djed,' which in English terms means 'The Soul of the Lord of the Pillar of Continuity', as ba means soul, and djed is the symbol for a pillar, which represented the backbone of Osiris. Interestingly, the name Banebdjedet is feminine, as the letter t denotes a feminine word or name in ancient Egyptian; although there are also variations on this name that exclude the t in favour of the alternative, Banebdjed. Banebdjedet, Osiris' ba soul, was worshipped mainly in Mendes, a city in Lower Egypt, in the Delta.

This leads to an interesting point concerning the androgyny of Osiris, a subject I found while researching for this post. Osiris' fertility comes from His castration and then being healed by the mother Goddess, Isis. Not only that, but both men and women identified themselves with Osiris in death. Then the name for His ba personified as another God is feminine, although representations of Banebdjedet are overwhelmingly male. Before anyone attacks me, I am not claiming that Osiris is a genderless God or King––just that He has some traits of androgyny, which I find interesting and love to study in ancient cultures, and I thought it would be good to mention for anyone else similarly interested.

Worship, Festivals, and Cult Activities

When it comes to the practices surrounding Osiris' cult, we actually know a good deal of information regarding the activities of worshippers and priests. Osiris' cult and worship was so widespread and lasted long enough that it could be recorded by the earliest Greek historians, and remained carved in temple walls for thousands of years. Among the most well-known cultic tradition is the Osiris Bed.

The Osiris Bed is rather well documented, as it was an object placed in tombs. It was not a bed for the deceased to lie in, but instead a box made of wood or clay, moulded into the shape of Osiris, in which the fertile Nile soil was placed and seeds were planted. These boxes were then wrapped in white mummy linens, and the seeds sprouted through, representing the resurrection and fertility of Osiris, and the crops that grew each year in cycles. One of the most famous of these beds was found in King Djer's tomb, a King from the Early Dynastic Period; the 2nd King ever of the unified Egypt. Coincidentally (or, perhaps, not so coincidentally) King Djer's tomb was the tomb which pilgrims believed to be Osiris' burial site.

While the Osiris Bed is far from the only practice and tradition of the Osiris cult, it does show the rich cultural practices and symbolism present in His worship. Let's look at some other examples of the practices of Osiris' cult.

Similar to the Osiris bed were Osiris gardens, which were essentially the same concept; fertile soil was planted inside a vessel shaped into the form of Osiris, and seeds were settled within to grow. These beds were tended to during festivals instead of being buried in a tomb.

There were a great many festivals, and each of them quite popular according to their time period, dedicated to the story and symbolism of Osiris. Some festivals started with recounting the mournings of Isis and Nephthys, Osiris' sister-wife and sister, in the form of a drama acted out in a call-and-response format. Another drama acted out for the glory of Osiris was more in the form of an actual fight that anyone could participate in; it was modelled after The Contendings of Horus and Set, which I briefly mentioned as a long and drawn-out argument between Horus and Set over who deserved Osiris' vacant throne after He had died. On this occasion, people would battle out and reenact the events of the story until the side of Horus finally won and victory was achieved. Afterwards, the celebrations commenced in honoring the restoration of order, and the gold-encased shAwyt-nTr (the Holy Statue) of Osiris would be taken out and lavished with offerings. Osiris, in the form of this statue, would be paraded throughout the city of Abydos before being placed in a shrine outside, where He could participate fully in the festivities, and be admired by the commoners who would usually never behold the face of Osiris. This emergence of Osiris from the dark temple's inner sanctuary to the light of the city resembled and represented His resurrection from death into life again. Although this particular festival was celebrated mainly in Osiris cult center of Abydos, it was also celebrated in other cities such as Bubastis in the Delta, Busiris, Memphis, and Thebes, in Upper Egypt.

The Mysteries of Osiris was a series of plays performed annually, and in dramatic, passionate form. It was one of the most popular observances of worshippers, and it told the story that I first told to you––of Osiris' life, His death at the hands of His brother, His resurrection at the hands of His sister-wife, and His ascension into the role we now know Him for. The roles in this reenactments were often taken up by high-ranking officials, and afterwards, the Contendings of Horus and Set would take place, which I just mentioned. These plays would take place over several days.

One festival was called The Fall of the Nile. During this time, the waters of the Nile would recede, and the worshippers of Osiris would go into mourning. One of Osiris' representation on earth was the Nile, and the Nile represented His fertility and life.

Another festival was celebrated on the 19th day of Pakhons, one of the months in the Egyptian calendar, which is roughly equivalent to May in our Gregorian calendar. On this day, the followers of Osiris would go to the river with shrines containing vessels of gold and metal, and would pour water into the Nile, exclaiming, "Osiris is found!" Mud and spices were mixed and moulded into the shape of Osiris, as well, to celebrate His return. Another festival similar to this one was called The Night of the Tear, and took place during modern-day June.

The last festival pertaining to Osiris that I will mention is the Djed pillar festival, held in modern-day January. The Pharaonic court and family would participate, raising djed pillars to welcome Osiris and the harvests that coincided with His return.

One last and interesting tradition that may seem familiar to Christians, at least in a small way, was the baking of bread in the shape of Osiris; bread as the flesh of the God, a sort of predecessor of communion wafers. But in reality the traditions of the Osiris cakes are completely different, and there were several different ways of going about it, depending on which nome you were from. In Dendera, wheat-paste models were made in the shape of each of the 16 dismembered parts of Osirs, and each model was sent out to the town where each respective part of Osiris was found by Isis. In Mendes, figures of Osiris were made of wheat and paste. On the day of the murder, they were placed in a trough, followed by water being added each day for several days. Afterwards, this mixture was kneaded into a dough, put into a mold of Osiris, and buried on the temple grounds.

Conclusion

This has been a somewhat brief glimpse into the cult, history, and traditions surrounding the Great God, The Beautiful Lord Osiris. If I can clarify anything please let me know and I will do my best!

#Osiris #ancient egypt #egyptian mythology #egyptian gods #Kemetic #ancient history #egyptology #Kemeticism

[writing-in-sin]

DEATH HC: ORIGINS & TRIVIA

These headcanons are for a slowburn DeathPuss fic. It's pretty much like my main headcanons for the world-building for the Shrekverse I hope to write one day. As it is, these HCs got nothing to do with the Vida!Puss fic idea I had before

Anyways, take a seat because it's gonna be a bit lengthy but I still hope you'll enjoy:

Muerte de la Abismo (aka Death)

- He is the eldest of the Five Children of the Abyss (aka Caos -Chaos-) which consists of himself, Tiempo (Time), Espacio (Space), Destino (Fate/Destiny) and Vida (Life)

- one of the ways for mortals to recognize the Children of the Abyss is from their eyes which is by their black sclera. The siblings dubbed it as them being abyssborn

- Out of those in his family, Muerte is closest to his Mother; Caos and his brother; Tiempo

- has a sibling rivalry with Vida, being THE classic case of the eldest vs the youngest

- out of all of his siblings, Muerte finds Destino the most exasperating with Espacio being a close second

- All canines are based off on him, with the wolves closest into resembling him

- His symbol/sigil is that of a crescent

- Myths about the 4 Horsemen are all actually him which is why out of all 4 Horsemen, Death was the only one who had a name which was Thanatos:

White of Conquest: his fur

Red of War: his eyes

Black of Pestilence: his cloak

Pale of Death: his sickles

- Death has many names over the years, with the most common being Thanatos, Azrael, Hades and Ausir. As it is, he prefers to go simply by Death and eventually Muerte when he became friends with Puss

- To maintain his compassion within his work, his mother asked that Muerte would live as a mortal once every month. Muerte dubbed this phase as his New Moon phase (inspired by Inuyasha). His new moon form is that of a human with his signature coloring

- Muerte is unmatched even in his mortal form, terrifyingly dangerous and powerful

- while Puss isn't the 1st mortal he's loved, the cat is the 1st one he's ever fallen in love with when he's as himself instead of whenever he's mortal

#deathpuss #death in puss #death in boots #puss in boots: the last wish #puss in boots the last wish #puss in boots last wish #puss in boots #pussdeath #death x puss #puss x death #death the last wish #death the wolf #death headcanons #fic ideas #fic idea #puss in boots fic idea #deathpuss fic idea

[kemeticdevotee]

Osiris/Ausir, God of the Duat, life and rebirth

Who is Osiris?

Osiris is the son of the Sky Goddess Nut and Earth God Geb. His siblings are Isis, who is also his wife, Seth and Nepthys. He was said to be one of the first Pharoahs of Egypt. He civilized the people and taught agriculture. He is the God of agriculture, life, death, fertility and the king of the Underworld, the Duat.

During Osiris' reign, his younger brother Seth, jealous of his power to rule, murdered him. Seth invited him to a party, and had out a bejewelled box which he promised to anybody who could fit inside of it. After many failed attempts by the others at the celebration, Osiris gave it a try. He fit perfectly inside the box, which would become his coffin. The box was shut, sealed with molten lead and then promptly thrown into the Nile River.

When the Queen, Isis, found out, she was devastated, and went to search for her husband's body. The myths vary on how she did this, but most say she became a babysitter for the Queen of Babylon's young son, as Osiris' coffin was tangled in a tree in the back of the palace. Once she acquired Osiris' body, she brought him back to life with her magic. Osiris then became king of the Duat. This is just one telling of a variety of re-tellings.

When the Pharoah died, he was associated with Osiris, and the heir to the throne was associated with Osiris' son, Horus.

His festivals include the Osiris mysteries, and the raising of the pillar ceremony.

Symbols

Colours green, black

The djed pillar 𓊽

Crook and Fail

Atef crown

Ostrich feathers

Soil

Acacias, willows, sycamores, cedar

Adze blade (opening of the mouth)

Offerings

Cool water, beer, wine

Bread, sour dough, grain products,

Frankincense, myrrh

Iris, orris root, easter lily

Gold, lapis Lazuli, malachite, obsidian

Epithets

Mighty One

Ruler of Life

Who is in Abydos

Lord of love

True of Voice

Divine Father

Lord of Silence

Weary of heart

Prayer

Hail to you, Osiris Lord of Eternity, king of gods, Of many names, of holy forms, Of secret rites in temples!

Lord of remembrance in the Hall of Justice, Secret Ba of the lord of the cavern, Ba of Re, his very body. Lord of acclaim in the southern sky, Sanctified by the northern sky, The imperishable stars are under his rule, The unwearying stars are his abode, The ancestors rejoice to see him. Those yonder are in awe of him.

#osiris #kemetic #egyptian gods #witches #witchcraft #kemeticism

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Egyptian versions of the Greekified/Latinized names of Egyptian Gods:

1. Horus - Heru/Hor/Her/Har

2. Thoth - Djehuty

3. Anubis - Anpu/Inpu/Anpw/Inpw

4. Set - Setekh/Sutekh

5. Nephthys - Nebet-Het

6. Osiris - Asar/Usar/Asari/Ausir/Wesir/Ausare/Usire/Ausar

7. Isis - Aset/Auset/Iset

8. Hathor - Hwt-hr/Hwt-hrw/Hut-Hor

9. Apis - Hjpw/Hapi

10. Apophis - Apep

11. Mandulis - Merul/Melul

12. Maahes - Mai-Hesa

13. Mnevis - Mer-Ur

14. Neith - Nit

15. Satis - Satit/Stit/Satet

16. Ophois - Wapwawet/Wepwawet

#anyone is free to add more #PS: remember that Egyptian wasn't just one language #there were several dialects #so i haven't included their names from all the dialects #just the most popular ones #egyptian mythology #egyptian goddesses #egyptian gods #egyptian history #ancient egypt #egyptology #mythology

[reddragdiva]

by ausir on twitter, apparently original content from a friend

[aerial-jace]

An offering which the king makes:

To Djehuty, Straight Plumet in the Scales,

Judge of Ma’at, Lord of Wisdom

Lord of the Divine Books,

Who accepts him who avoids evil;

And to Anpu, Reckoner of Hearts,

He Who is Upon His Mountain,

Perfect Protection of his Father, Ausir,

Who drives out enemies;

And to Bastet, Mistress of Perfume,

Lady of Joy, Lady of Life,

Creatress of Sunbeams,

Who drives away darkness.

May They give a thousand of bread, beer, beef, and fowl,

and of all things good and pure on which the gods live

At the festivals of the month, the sixth day, the half month,

the Great Procession, the rising of Sothis,

And the festivals of heaven according to their days

and according to the daily rituals.

May you receive offerings from what is upon the altar,

as one honored among the foremost of the blessed.

To the Ka of my grandfather, mighty in his counsel,

True of Voice before the Great God;

And to the Ka of my grandmother, tender in her embrace,

True of Voice before the Great God;

And to the Ka of my great-grandmother, vast in her knowledge,

True of Voice before the Great God.

#I have complicated feelings towards most Christian celebrations #but All Saints Day is just something I refuse to let go of entirely #so here is my humble tribute to my beloved dead #I don't believe in an afterlife or anything #but I do feel a connection to the ways people in Pharaonic Egypt honored their dead #so here! #if there is an afterlife I do hope they're resting comfortably in the Field of Reeds #kemetism #kemetic

[godslavecomic]

Hello! I adore the design you have given to each god that has appeared in history! Each one has its own uniqueness! And I also have a little question.

If Anpu will probably be present in this chapter, is there a chance that we will also see the ghost one, aka Ausir soon? Or is he completely tied to the Duat?

In this chapter (chapter 7), we're gonna be exploring Aset (Isis)'s dynamic with the pantheon, Nebet-het (Nephthys), and how Aset's control has affected the family. It's gonna get dark, and those of you that have been frustrated with Edith's lack of control are going to have to be patient a little while longer. Chapter 8 is when we will meet both Ausir and Anpu! And a couple other friends as well.

#you're so sweet #thank you!! #godslave #mythology #egyptian mythology #webcomics #comics

[deitiesofduat]

So, according to the new profiles, if Osiris is the King of Duat, what standing does Ra?

Osiris = "Lord Osiris, King of Duat"

Ra = "His Majesty Lord Ra, High King of the Deities"

I answered a similar-ish question a while back, and their titles can be found in the Characters page (and eventually in the new profiles, once I get to Ra--), so nothing's really changed since then. But TL;DR they are both kings, they just reign over different areas of dominion. I haven't fully fleshed out how the full hierarchy of high-ranking gods works out -- since the myths vary a lot -- just that it does, for the purposes of DEITIES. [...]

Osiris hold official dominion over Duat -- aka the Egyptian Underworld, as well as the Home of the Gods. His citizens and subjects are the deceased and exalted souls that reside in Duat, and by extension, he has some jurisdiction over any divinities and deities that reside there as well. He is also the head of the Council of Ma'at, and as their divine judge, he has the final verdict in most high profile trials, decisions, and "Weighing of the Heart" ceremonies.

Also, Osiris used to rule over living mortals before he was killed. Since he can no longer interact with the living world, that's an area currently in limbo and that other gods share responsibilities with regulating -- including his son, Horus. Ideally, Horus could take this dominion on fully once he's ready to take the mantle as a crowned king.

Ra, in contrast, is similar to what you could think of as "the king of kings" as far as deities are concerned -- a hierarchical step above Osiris (hence "High King"), but a level of seniority lower than Atum (who is THE All-father of the gods, and referred to as such).

Rather than directly ruling over Duat, Ra's dominion is over the entire pantheon and their collective culture of serving their devotees and maintaining divine order. Based on the myths, I'd like to think Ra used to have more direct involvement with the laws and systems of their entire realm, but has since delegated many tasks to other high-ranking gods for their assistance -- such as Khepri, Khnum, Ptah, Neith, Mut, Ma'at, Osiris, and others -- not all of whom are kings/queens, but often have have similar levels of power and influence.

This delegation of responsibilities also allows Ra to focus most of his energy to his divine task of sailing the Solar Barque and guiding the Aten (the Divine Sundisk, and the core source of their system of magic) thru the heavens during the day, and thru Duat's primordial waters during the evening.

Lastly, so there's no confusion on this front -- while both kings would be eligible for the title of "Majesty" (as far as I can find), I wanted to reserve this distinction for Ra, given that he rules over the entire pantheon and holds seniority. So when someone in DEITIES mentions "His Majesty," they are 99% likely referring to Lord Ra, not Lord Osiris.

#// Multiple deities were known as kings; in a way all deities are nobility based on fact they're divine -- hence the titles Lord/Lady/Liege #// I'm just adapting the material that's already there and trying to make sense of it for DEITIES's story -- with room to revise later #Ra #Osiris #general asks #DEITIES asks #egyptian gods #egyptian mythology #Re #ausir #auser #headcanons #DEITIES text

[taanoir]

A goodbye to Elurin, Son of Dior and Nimloth and his bride Melyanna, daughter of Ausir and Gwendeling Duke and Duchess of Haunt. They left the world together, leaving behind 1 brother Elbereth, 4 children and 6 grandchildren.

Elurin was kind, loving and creative on his own. He spent his free time doting on his children and grandchildren or playing violin. He was level 10 on painting, violin, piano, gardening and guitar. The challenge was keeping him focused, he would cancel whatever he was doing to play violin.

Melyanna was talented and loved Elurin dearly. She did have a mean streak and left to her own devices would default to mean or mischievous interactions with everyone but Elurin. I tried to write her as stearn, with a temper and snobbish. She was actually horrible to Saori and Hanna, their relationship bars would have been red without intervention. They were an interesting generation to play with their own set of challenges.

#ts4 gameplay #historychallenge #Gen5 #ChildrenOfCalisto

[antinous-posts]

Raising Antinoos

By Ptahmassu Nofra-Uaa

Hear my words O you who follow

in my tread, for I shall speak of the beloved

of the eternal Gods, whose name Antinoös

has risen as a star in the eastern vault

of the sky; from its rays the heavens draw

nigh his light, to forever shine upon the world.

Hear my words O you sibyls,

who have caused the ages to speak again

even after the past has gone to its grave.

Hear my words O you Gods in the company

of Hermes Trismegistus,

for I am pure of speech and have come

clad in the vestments of the newly born sun;

I have become Helios in his chariot, from

whose radiance the worlds flowers,

and the body of the earth is revivified.

Listen, O you Gods of the Holy River,

for favored is my countenance

with the coming of the dawn;

my approach heralds the victory of

those long dead and beloved,

who shall live again when the living

draw breath to speak their venerated

names.

In the east rose the star of Bithynia,

whose youth found Apollôn blushing

in admiration.

Proopsios saw how far-reaching

would be the brilliance of this star;

its light to fall upon the world ever after

its body had been sent to rest.

How far this star of Antinoös had

claimed heaven’s graces when gathered

by the eyes of Hadrianus Augustus;

this heaven installed within the sanctuary

no woman had yet entered, where footsteps

like Epikourios advanced softly to cure the

heart of all its ills.

Come Akesios in the name of Antinoös,

for what dazzling light may enter the

lonely heart at midnight;

the heart finds such a time clad in the beauty

of stellar courses, running through the

dusky veil like a sword.

His countenance shines as Apollôn when he

appears in his rosy-gold mantle;

men know him as Hekatos when they are

smitten fast by his beauty.

Come Antinoös, who like Apollôn possesses

the darts of the sun from which the earth

awakens; you are the Lord of Light whose

face pierces midnight, whose rays strike

a heart in darkness as the faces of stars

chase the shadows.

Your eyes are twilight, from which trees

swoon and men become docile.

To take their rest in you, men become

as dreamers, and you as Thearios,

appearing like a sacred vision.

Come Erôs, Himeros, Anteros,

best beloved of all the Erôtes!

Erôs has whispered your name upon

his pillow; he has furnished the bedchamber

with a lamp filled with oil, gleaming as

you gleam, diffusing light to intoxicate

the eyes.

O Antinoös who glistens like Apollôn

in yonder eastern vault, approach me

with such light that I may be enveloped

in it; requited by your divine kiss when

my heart is ensnared by sorrow.

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the star of Bithynia

which shines from the east!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the face that caused

Roma to shine with divine favors!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the heart which grants

boons from the Gods of love!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the graces of the Erôtes,

whose swift wings bring with them

the cool kiss of love’s joys!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the lotus of the Nile,

which rises again and again in its

fertile season!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon from your loins the

eternal sun from which new life

springs!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon a torch in the Underworld

of the Gods, where traverse the

Spirits who converse with immortality!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the life you bestow to

your beloved!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the heart you restored

as Ausir-Osiris, which made the

Holy Nile to rise and the Two Lands

to flourish!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the dawn which

possesses the two horizons as Ra!

Come Antinoös, come light;

I summon the One whom Harakhty

has beheld with His two almighty eyes!

Come Antinoös, come light;

he who has become the Lord of the Two Banks,

rising in his season to grant life to all the world!

Come Antinoös, come light;

for you are the light of love crowning

the two horizons, whom the Gods have

showered with their favors!

Come Antinoös, come light;

you are the Lord of Life, making his appearance

as Ausir-Osiris, causing the world to rise again,

causing the dead to live again.

In your glory of life you cause hearts to live

again; and I summon you, O Antinoös,

O Ausir-Osiris, to make the world live again,

to make me live again, to make my heart live again!

Antinoös, Ausir-Osiris, having been embraced

by the Goddess Auset-Isis, has come forth

in glory to shine as Orion;

he has received the power of Isis-Sothis,

which grants the eternal cycle of heaven

to the body of Osiris.

Come Antinoös, appearing as gold in the east,

bearing myrtle upon your youthful brow;

Aphrodite has provided this boon for you,

which clothes the hearts of men with love,

which flourishes evergreen, which stands

firm like the sacred oak.

And I saw the star of Bithynia rise again

as the Nile in its season, the fragile dawn

sky awakening with a song of joy upon

her lips.

Antinoös the beloved of the Gods has risen;

the sky has risen!

Antinoös the star of Bithynia has risen;

the constellations have risen!

Antinoös the face of Apollôn has risen;

the sun has risen!

Antinoös the torch of the world has risen;

the God Ra has risen!

Antinoös the water of life has risen;

the Holy Nile has risen!

Antinoös the Lord of the East has risen;

Orion has risen!

Antinoös who appears with Isis has risen;

Sothis has risen!

Antinoös who grants the boon of immortality

has risen;

the dead have risen!

Antinoös the light of the world has risen;

the earth has risen, and all that was once

in darkness has risen to behold the coming

of the triumphant day!

We come with the Erôtes to dance and strike

the lyre for Antinoös;

Himeros who sports with Erôs to make life

from love, wherever death’s unforgiving

hand has reached.

We live through Antinoös when we live

through love, thus all the immortal Gods

come to pay him homage with their song.

Hear my words O you who follow

in my tread, for I shall speak of the beloved

of the eternal Gods, whose name Antinoös

has risen as a star in the eastern vault

of the sky; from its rays the heavens draw

nigh his light, to forever shine upon the world.

All text copyright © 2015 Ptahmassu Nofra-Uaa

#antinous #ancient rome #emperor hadrian

[writing-in-sin]

LAWLU FIC VERSE IDEA: WEIGHING OF THE HEARTS

For a long while, I've been thinking what to name the fic-verse for my Locker and Evolution fic idea. Since its tied a lot with death and the water, I was reminded of the ancient Egyptians and their beliefs especially that of Ausir/Osiris (the fact that he was chopped to pieces was an odd coincidence)

So i thought, in an effort to save his crew from Blackbeard, Law pushed himself to the limit. He stops rejecting the sea and lets himself drown, welcoming death not as an act of defiance but of acceptance to death itself which also unknowingly evolved his fruit. Before he drowns, Law sets off one last ROOM to then surrender to the sea. By doing what no one else had ever done by surrendering to the seas whilst accepting death to save his crew, it triggered a chain of events in response to Law protecting his crew from Blackbeard, no matter what. Even if that means welcoming death

Even if that means becoming Death himself

And now the very sea itself has become Law's domain, his ROOM -- the Locker of Oceanic Abyss which is his to rule, control and operate as he wishes

Now, the idea is that with the seas itself as his ROOM, it becomes like the Hall of Two Truths. Any soul who crosses over from the Near Shore and into the Far Shore (yes, I took the term/idea from Noragami 😅) will have to stand in trial where Law is the Judge of the Underworld while the rest of the crew could be guides and guardians

As the Reaper of the Deep, Law takes the hearts of those who passed into the Far Shore to be weighted on the scales. If the person fails the trial, they'd be consumed by the watery abyss of damnation. Those who passed, will cross over without worry or if their time hasn't come yet, their heart will be operated on until it heals to then return to the land of the living (Near Shore)

when he's not in his Oceanic Abyss of a ROOM and comes to the surface, it becomes obvious that Law's Devil Fruit abilities and powers are also like the sea now. not only does he retain his original abilities but he's now capable of using sea based abilities too. one of them is to cancel out a Devil Fruit users powers just by proximity alone

now onto the reason on why i'm naming this the Weighing of the Hearts verse. The obvious reason would be of Law and his Heart crew. but there's also Luffy's Drum of Liberation heartbeat and i'm once again reminded of the ancient Egyptian myths. this time, its of Ra and his nightly travels into the underworld/Duat

now the idea is less about Luffy needing to beat some sort of underworld serpent and more to do in taking inspiration about Ra since Nika is noted to be the Sun god in One Piece

basically, i just like the idea of Luffy (who's basically Life) insisting on falling into the underworld every night and right onto Law's lap just so he can snuggle with his husband of Death as Law judges the hearts of others on his captain throne

it'll take awhile for that part to happen though considering the angst in response to Law dying. i wanna write marineford levels of angst and grief...the most prominent in my mind right now would be of Luffy throwing himself at the seas whilst demanding at it to return his Torao to him whilst screaming "HE'S MINE! GIVE HIM BACK TO ME!" over and over again until he passes out from shock, grief and exhaustion

welp, thats it for now. thanks for reading this far!

#lawlu #lawlu fic idea #one piece #one piece fic idea #monkey d luffy #monkey d. luffy #trafalgar d. water law #trafalgar d water law #trafalgar law #trafalgar one piece

[spacecadetspe]

On this day last year…

Nov. 30, 2022

Isis fell asleep. She was in a fever for about three days when I got a notice that Thanatos was on the move. It's rare that he visits pantheons, but if ever there were a time, this would be it.

Every night, Ra is supposed to pass through the twelve houses of the night with Thoth (Djehwty), Osiris (Ausir/ Osir), Isis (Aset/ Hce Ece), and Thanatos (Anubis/ Anpu). During the night, they do battle with the dead and the forces of evil, led by Apep (Apophis), a great serpent. Ra had been neglecting his duty to care for Isis, whose body was rebelling under the glamour of the Divine Flame, and Thanatos had taken notice. Someone had to die.

Normally, this is Ra's duty; to die at night, be escorted through the twelve houses of night with his escort, and be reborn in the morning. But this time, Ra demanded that Thanatos stay his hand. They were at a stalemate for a good few hours, with Ra using his own astral guide to protect Isis from Thanatos.

Not that it mattered in the end. The combined force of the astral guide and Isis' fever finally woke her up, and she intervened. She let Thanatos take her, leaving Ra's pride broken and his granddaughter dead.

So he called me. Insert deep sigh here.

It was about this same time when I got a call from my beloved former husband, Solomon. He had a dream about his ring (the one forged by Michael, which has the ability to control demons). I had cracked it some time ago, when I exorcised a demon of the Black Hell from my being. Either the strain of the exorcism or the sheer weight of the power from using Father's Thunderbolt to kill it cracked the band.

Solomon had a dream that the ring would be repaired, using a combination of Mother's and Surtr's powers, and blessed at the temple Solomon built long ago. It would be the ring used to seal Apep, perhaps forever.

There's a hitch with this plan, though. Apep is bigger than any of the demons held by the ring, and is a substantial piece of Ra, himself. If Apep is tied to the ring, inevitably, so is Ra. Michael wasn't sure if he was convinced that Solomon is still the best candidate to possess an object so powerful. The ring, like the Metatron's Cube, is a tool for enlightenment, not just the summoning and control of demons. And, to date, Solomon hasn't gotten past the control aspect of such an object.

So I took him to see Surtr, and introduced him to the Forge. With Michael's help, Surtr reforged the ring, so I suppose it's off to the temple for communion and blessings.

I've been going through the twelve houses of night with the boys, and... well, I think we're getting on okay. Morpheus says I put on "quite the dog and pony show." That seems legit. My higher self gets a little... wild.

Solomon worries about me, in the face of such monsters, but I told him "I'm bigger than that old snake." I showed him a vision of the cosmic serpent, and to my amusement, he took it as a riddle!

"There is nowhere I could go where I could truly be 'lost'. Death is my friend. And fear is just the measurement of the threat something presents. And what could possibly threaten an entity of that proportion?"

#mythology and folklore #dreams #spicy psychology #magic

[theblacklordgoldeyew]

Dua Ausir!

#lord of the green #lord of the black #the ultimate judge #death so your people could have a king