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==Osiris== | ==Osiris== | ||
[[File:osiris.jpeg|frame|right|Osiris]]Osiris was was one of the [[Egyptian Nine Ennead]]. Osiris 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. usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead.<ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennead Wikipedia Ennead]</ref> | [[File:osiris.jpeg|frame|right|Osiris]]Osiris was was one of the [[Egyptian Nine Ennead]]. Osiris 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. usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead.<ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennead Wikipedia Ennead]</ref> | ||
==Isis== | ==Isis== | ||
[[File:isis.jpeg|frame|right|Isis]]Isis was the first daughter of [[Geb]], god of the Earth, and [[Nut]], goddess of the Sky. She married her brother, [[Osiris]], and she conceived Horus with him. Isis was instrumental in the resurrection of [[Osiris]] when he was murdered by [[Set]]. Using her magical skills, she restored his body to life after having gathered the body parts that had been strewn about the earth by Set. Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children. | [[File:isis.jpeg|frame|right|Isis]]Isis was the first daughter of [[Geb]], god of the Earth, and [[Nut]], goddess of the Sky. She married her brother, [[Osiris]], and she conceived Horus with him. Isis was instrumental in the resurrection of [[Osiris]] when he was murdered by [[Set]]. Using her magical skills, she restored his body to life after having gathered the body parts that had been strewn about the earth by Set. Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children. | ||
==Set== | ==Set== | ||
[[File:set.jpeg|frame|right|Set]]Set is portrayed as the usurper that killed and mutilated his own brother Osiris. He is one of the [[Egyptian Nine Ennead]]. A god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. Set has a positive role where he is employed by Ra on his solar boat to repel the serpent of Chaos Apep. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the black (soil) land. Set's siblings are [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], and [[Nephthys]]. He married Nephthys and fathered Anubis; and in some accounts he had relationships with other goddesses | |||
[[File:set.jpeg|frame|right|Set]]Set is portrayed as the usurper that killed and mutilated his own brother Osiris. He is one of the [[Egyptian Nine Ennead]]. A god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. Set has a positive role where he is employed by Ra on his solar boat to repel the serpent of Chaos Apep. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the black (soil) land. Set's siblings are [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], and [[Nephthys]]. He married Nephthys and fathered Anubis; and in some accounts he had relationships with other goddesses. | |||
==Nephthys== | |||
[[File:Nephthys.jpeg|frame|right|Nephthys]]Nephtys is one of the [[Egyptian Nine Ennead]]. She is daughter of [[Nut]] and [[Geb]]. Nephthys was typically paired with her sister Isis in funerary rites because of their role as protectors of the mummy and the god [[Osiris]]. She was the sister-wife of [[Set]]. | |||
Nephthys plays an important role in the Osirian myth-cycle. It is Nephthys who assists [[Isis]] in gathering and mourning the dismembered portions of the body of [[Osiris]], after his murder by the envious Set. Nephthys also serves as the nursemaid and watchful guardian of the infant Horus. The Pyramid Texts refer to [[Isis]] as the "birth-mother" and to Nephthys as the "nursing-mother" of Horus. | |||