Osiris

Osiris was an Egyptian god. He is the god of a couple of things. Osiris had a lot of family whom were not in good relationships. Osiris accomplished many things both for himself and people. He also has many interesting facts. Osiris was an important god in history.

**Osiris is the god of the Underworld** but he had shifted over time to the god of fertility, agriculture, and he still is the god of the Underworld. Osiris is one of the Ennead. The Ennead is the name given to the original deities whom are Geb, Nut, Osiris, Set, Isis, Nephthys, Shu, and Atum. Osiris was worshipped as a “main” god.

Osiris had an immense family but he only had a few important family members. **His important family members were Horus (son), Isis (wife/sister),** Geb (parent), Nut (parent), Atum (grandparent), Shu (grandparent), Set (brother), Nephthys (sister), and Anubis (son w/Nephthys).

Osiris accomplished amazing and wonderful things. He put a stop to cannibalism amongst the Egyptians. He taught the Egyptians knowledge about agriculture. Osiris also was the first living thing to die. Osiris became one of the most popular god. He even became bound to what he is god of by dying and then coming back to life and then dying again. Osiris has made a big impact on the Egyptians.

Osiris was an interesting god. He did many things to please his people and things that he didn’t want to accomplish. He has a huge family that wasn’t in a good relationship. He was a very big part of egyption history.

Bibliography: www.greatdreams .com/Osiris.html, www.pantheon.org/articles/o/osiris.html, www.kingtut.org.uk/egyptian-gods/osiris.html.

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