3/16/2012

O for Osiris



Freaks A-Z. Letter "O" 

Size: 210mm x 297mm 

Material:Charcoal pen 

Osiris (Ancient Greek: Ὄσιρις, also Usiri) is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. 

Osiris is at times considered the oldest son of the Earth god Geb, and the sky goddess Nut, as well as being brother and husband of Isis, with Horus being considered his posthumously begotten son. He is also associated with the epithet Khenti-Amentiu, which means "Foremost of the Westerners" — a reference to his kingship in the land of the dead. As ruler of the dead, Osiris is also sometimes called "king of the living", since the Ancient Egyptians considered the blessed dead "the living ones". 

歐西里斯(也作 Usiris 烏西里斯)是埃及神話中的冥王,九柱神之一,是古埃及最重要的神祇之一。他是一位反覆重生的神,而他身上的綠色皮膚就有這種意思。他最後被埋在阿拜多斯(Abydos)城,是那裡的守護神。 

歐西里斯是大地之神蓋布與天神努特的兒子。在埃及,歐西里斯是掌管陰間的神,同時也是生育之神和農業之神。他與妻子艾西斯生了荷魯斯,另外奈芙蒂斯生了阿努比斯。與根據死者之書,他的長子叫做貝卜(Beb)。後來,他被同賽克和布塔聯合起來成為「布塔-賽克-歐西里斯」,也被等同為赫里沙夫(Heryshaf)。