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  2. Mysteries of Osiris - Wikipedia

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    The Mysteries of Osiris, also known as Osirism, [1] were religious festivities celebrated in ancient Egypt to commemorate the murder and regeneration of Osiris.The course of the ceremonies is attested by various written sources, but the most important document is the Ritual of the Mysteries of Osiris in the Month of Khoiak, a compilation of Middle Kingdom texts engraved during the Ptolemaic ...

  3. Osiris myth - Wikipedia

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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 Egypt, and its consequences. Osiris's murderer, his brother Set, usurps his throne. Meanwhile, Osiris's wife Isis restores her husband's body, allowing him to posthumously conceive their son ...

  4. Dorothy Eady - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Louise Eady (16 January 1904 – 21 April 1981), also known as Omm Sety or Om Seti (Arabic: أم سيتي), was a British antiques caretaker and folklorist.She was keeper of the Abydos Temple of Seti I and draughtswoman for the Department of Egyptian Antiquities.

  5. Worship of heavenly bodies - Wikipedia

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    The red prince of the demons, al-Ahmar. One of the Seven demon-princes in the late 14th-century Book of Wonders. Worship of heavenly bodies is in Islamic tradition strongly associated with Sabians who allegedly stated that God created the planets as the rulers of this world and thus deserve worship. [67]

  6. Osarseph - Wikipedia

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    Osarseph / ˈ oʊ z ər ˌ s ɛ f / or Osarsiph / ˈ oʊ z ər ˌ s ɪ f / (Koinē Greek: Ὀσαρσίφ) is a legendary figure of Ancient Egypt who has been equated with Moses.His story was recounted by the Ptolemaic Egyptian historian Manetho in his Aegyptiaca (first half of the 3rd century BC); Manetho's work is lost, but the 1st century AD Jewish historian Josephus quotes extensively from it.

  7. Setne Khamwas and Si-Osire - Wikipedia

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    The sixth hall was a tribunal where the servants of the Netherworld made accusations against dead souls for their crimes. In the seventh hall, Osiris, Anubis, and Thoth hold court with their servants; Setne spies one especially distinguished servant wearing royal linen, standing near Osiris, whom he concludes must be of exceptionally high rank ...

  8. Grimoire - Wikipedia

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    This design for an amulet comes from the Black Pullet grimoire.. A grimoire (/ ɡ r ɪ m ˈ w ɑːr /) (also known as a book of spells, magic book, or a spellbook) [citation needed] is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms, and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural ...

  9. Belphegor - Wikipedia

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    Belphegor is a recurring demon/persona in the Megami Tensei and Persona video game series. Belphegor is the youngest and seventh sibling among the seven demon brothers in the otome game Obey Me!. He is always napping and constantly sleepy and the twin brother of Beelzebub. Belphegor is a blackened death metal band.