Osiris is the Egyptian God of the Underworld and the Judge of the Dead. Osiris is often depicted with black or green skin symbolizing the fertile mud of the Nile and regeneration. He is also shown as a mummy or in partially mummified form in his role as Judge of the Dead. In his human depiction form, he is shown as a tall and handsome God with black hair. Ostrich is the animal associated with Osiris as he is known for his justice value. The Egyptians believe that when someone dies, their soul gets judged by Osiris and his panel of 42 judges.

Osiris is the brother as well as husband to Isis, and one of the most important Gods of Ancient Egypt. Horus is their son. Osiris is believed to be born shortly after the creation of the world. He is the first-born child of the Gods Geb and Nut and hence was selected as the first Pharaoh of Egypt. Geb is worshipped as the God of the Earth and Nut is worshipped as the Goddess of the Sky. During the rule of Osiris and Iris, the Egyptian people had bountiful harvests and hence they were most loved.

Osiris was murdered by his younger brother Seth who is the God of chaos because Seth was jealous of Osiris’ power and the fact that he became the first pharaoh. He also was envious of Osiris’ good looks. When Osiris had gone outside his kingdom to spread the knowledge of farming and music among mortals, Seth plotted against him and convinced many to help him to kill Osiris. When Osiris returned after completing his work, Seth laid a grand feast for his brother’s return and is said to have tricked Osiris. After the feast, Seth brought a lovely casket and tricked Osiris to get inside. This was actually a coffin. As soon as Osiris got inside, he immediately locked it and threw it in the river Nile. The coffin was swept by the river and eventually parked at a place where a tree grew on it. This then trapped Osiris inside the coffin and resulted in his death. Isis who was Osiris’ sister-wife saved him and brought him back to life with magic. But Seth killed him again and scattered fourteen pieces of Osiris’ body all over the world so that Isis could not bring him back to life again. Isis still used all her magic and located all the thirteen body parts, and she could not locate the last one. That’s when because Osiris was neither fully alive nor fully dead, he stayed in the underworld and also got the title of the God of Afterlife. Osiris can bring back the dead to life if he wishes and can grow vegetation from the underworld