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  2. 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 ...

  3. Heqet - Wikipedia

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    Heqet was considered the wife of Khnum, who formed the bodies of new children on his potter's wheel. [ 6 ] In the Osiris myth , it was Heqet who breathed life into the new body of Horus at birth, as she was a goddess of the last moments of birth.

  4. Osiris - Wikipedia

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    Osiris is the mythological father of the god Horus, whose conception is described in the Osiris myth (a central myth in ancient Egyptian belief). The myth describes Osiris as having been killed by his brother Set, who wanted Osiris' throne. His wife, Isis, finds the body of Osiris and hides it in the reeds where it is found and dismembered by ...

  5. Isis - Wikipedia

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    Elaborating upon Isis's role as a wife and mother in the Osiris myth, aretalogies call her the inventor of marriage and parenthood. She was invoked to protect women in childbirth and, in ancient Greek novels such as the Ephesian Tale, to protect their virginity. [157] Some ancient texts called her the patroness of women in general.

  6. Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul - Wikipedia

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    Herodotus, an ancient Greek scholar, observed that grieving families were given a choice as to the type and or quality of the mummification they preferred: "The best and most expensive kind is said to represent [Osiris], the next best is somewhat inferior and cheaper, while the third is cheapest of all." [5]

  7. Egyptian mythology - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Nun, the embodiment of the primordial waters, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra into the sky at the moment of creation. Part of a series on Ancient Egyptian religion Beliefs Afterlife Cosmology Duat Ma'at Mythology Index Numerology Philosophy Soul Practices Funerals Offerings: Offering ...

  8. Nephthys - Wikipedia

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    Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites [2] because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god Osiris and as the sister-wife of Set. She was associated with mourning, the night/darkness, service (specifically temples), childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming, and beer.

  9. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    Isis – Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, linked with funerary rites, motherhood, protection, and magic. She became a major deity in Greek and Roman religion [40] Maat – A goddess who personified truth, justice, and order [41]