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Scarabs are engraved stones representing the Scarab beetle (Scarabaeus sacer), which rolls each of its eggs in a ball of mud and may be seen on sandy slopes in the hot sunshine of Egypt; rounding the pellet by pushing it backwards uphill with its hind legs, and allowing it to roll down again. The ancient Egyptian compared this living germ to the sun, which brings matter into life, and the Scarab became the symbol of creation, and sacred to their Sun-god, Khepera. It was their custom as far back as 4,600 years B.C. to bury these engraved Scarabs with their dead, and frequently one was placed in the heart itself. It was an emblem of re-creation, and symbolized this evolution of the soul through eternity.
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Plants
Like trees and flowers, plants symbolize death and resurrection; the life-force; the cycle of life.
Plant and flower symbolism is closely connected with the Great Mother, goddess of the earth, of fertility and vegetation; it is also associated with the fertility of the life-giving waters; the sap-filled plant is motherhood.
Plants and trees are often regarded as mythical ancestors and usually associated with the moon cult.
Plants or flowers which grow from the spilled blood of a god or hero represent the mystic union between man and plant and the birth of life from death, life flowing from one state to another, e.g. violets grew from the blood of Attis; wheat and herbs grew from the body of Osiris; and pomegranate from the blood of Dionysus, anemones from the blood of Adonis and red roses from the blood of Christ.
In Chinese symbolism the plant Polyporus lucidus is the plant of immortality and is the food of the Taoist genii or immortals.
[Source: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper]
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Ivy
Like all evergreens, the ivy is immortality and eternal life; it is also revelry; clinging dependence; attachment; constant affection; friendship.
Christian: Everlasting life; death and immortality; fidelity.
Egyptian: ‘The plant of Osiris’, immortality.
Greek: Sacred to Dionysos who is crowned with ivy and whose cup is an 'ivy cup’; his thyrsus is encircled with ivy and one of his emblems is a post sprouting ivy leaves.
Semetic: Sacred to the Phrygian Attis; immortality. The ivy-leaf is phallic, depicting the male trinity.
[Source: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper]
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Osiris is next in the series of deity portraits I’m doing for their respective epagomenal days.
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Real space mission
A quick piece, mostly done while watching livestream of @osiris_rex taking samples from asteroid Bennu last month.
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Portrait of Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the gods. Part of the Book of the Dead of the scribe Nebqed (papyrus). Reign of Amenhotep III. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1391-1353 BC. Now in the Louvre.
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The Mysteries of Osiris was the most important religious event of the year in ancient Egypt. It was celebrated in all major cities, including Thonis-HeracleionandCanopus, where even the Greeks who lived in those cities took part.
It reenacted the murder and revival of Osiris, Egyptian god of the underworld. Osiris was one of the most important and popular gods in ancient Egypt. All pharaohs were believed to descend from him, as living incarnations of Osiris’ son, Horus. Osiris presided over the tribunal of the underworld, offering the promise of life after death for the deceased who were ‘justified’ in the eyes of the gods. He was also associated with fertility and the annual regeneration of nature.
Osiris, his sister-wife Isis, and their son Horus formed a sacred family, worshipped across Egypt and beyond. They became increasingly popular during the first millennium BC. Annually, in every temple-city in Egypt, the god was celebrated in this most important religious festival.
The Mysteries of Osiris took place between the 12th and 30th of the month of Khoiak(mid-October to mid-November), when the Nile retreated, depositing fertile soil ready to be sown. Every year, two figures of Osiris were prepared by priests in the secrecy of the temple. One was made of soil and barley grains, and the other was made of expensive ingredients including ground semi-precious stones. These sacred figures were carried in procession to their final resting place at the end of the ritual celebrations.
For a long time, the Mysteries were known only from depictions in temples and ancient texts. However, recent astonishing underwater finds allow us to see ritual equipment and offerings associated with the Mysteries for the first time.
Discovered behind the shrine of Amun-Gereb in his temple at Thonis-Heracleion, this vat was used during the Mysteries of Osiris. On the first day of the Mysteries, the mummy-shaped figure of Osiris – made with a gold mould of two halves using soil, barley grains and water from the Nile – was deposited in a garden tank where it was carefully watered for eight days in a row, until it germinated.
This image shows a priest watering the germinating Osiris figure, in a depiction from the Temple of Philae.
Find out more about the Mysteries of Osiris in the BP exhibition Sunken cities: Egypt’s lost worlds (until 27 Nov 2016).
Experience the Festival of Osiris in our free late event on Friday 28 October. Enjoy themed food and drink, workshops and performances!
A statuette of Osiris and a model of a processional barge for the god, shown in their place of excavation at Thonis-Heracleion. Photo: Christoph Gerigk. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation.
Standing statue of Osiris. Medinet Habu (modern Luxor), 664–610 BC. On loan from Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Photo: Christoph Gerigk. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation.
Pink granite garden vat. Thonis-Heracleion, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 4th–2nd century BC. Maritime Museum of Alexandria. Photo: Christoph Gerigk. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation.
So, hi, yes, tonight I’ve been thinking about how the moon definitely fell in love with the sun. Osiris is the sun, he’s the Phoenix, he uses solar as his main and his colors are golden. Saint-14 is the moon, he’s the pigeon, uses void and his colors are purple and grey. This is all good yes yes. But…actually…
Saint-14 IS the SUN. He’s Osiris’s sun. His shining star. He’s bright and happy and giving. Plays pranks on Shaxx and hands out hugs like currency. Osiris is the moon. He’s broody and calculated and hides in the shadows. But be careful, he’s still flirty and can crack a joke at the best possible moment.
Mmm. The moon definitely fell in love with the sun. And the sun most definitely fell in love with the moon.
Saint-14 almost perma died like three times. Has to search for his lover AGAIN because Savathun KIDNAPPED him. And he still has the audacity to be like “Guardian!! What can I take off your shoulders today? Would you like a hug?? No? We will get there. Have you met my birds? Be very gentle with them.”
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Recognizing the Gods – Osiris and Thoth
Being able to tell the difference between the many Gods and Goddesses of ancient Egypt can be difficult. Many of their traits overlap and, with the progress of time, many of them have changed from the Old Kingdom up to the Grecian occupation. So let’s look at some of the more common Gods and how to identify them.
Osiris
Osiris is quite identifiable. He is a God with green skin (though this trait is shared with several others) and he bears the white crown of Upper Egypt. He is also represented as a mummified man, meaning he is clad in white linen wrappings. He wears a collar, a royal beard, and holds a crook and flail. His name in hieroglyphs is easy to remember as it is only the Eye of Ra, the throne of Egypt, and then the determinative that this is a royal name.
Thoth
Thoth is also a very identifiable God because he is one of the only Gods with an ibis head. However, he is also sometimes portrayed as a full baboon, but rarely as a human with a baboon head. He often carries an ankh with him. Above him, he can sometimes wear the Atef crown—the double crown of lower and upper Egypt—but commonly bears a lunar disk type crown that rests on a crescent moon. His name in hieroglyphs can be quite long but there is, fortunately, a short version which is very easy to identify, as it is made up of an ibis, a loaf of bread, and two slash marks. Like Osiris and all other gods, there is a determinative that shows this is a God’s name.
Egyptian Religious Calendar
Today 27 July 2019 - XXVI day of Ipet-Hemet, the eleventh month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar (in the CDXX Great Year of Ra according to the Egyptian Civil Calendar).
According to the Egyptian Religious Calendar today is the FIRST EPAGOMENAL DAY dedicated to the celebrations for the birth of the God Osiris.
Best wishes to all for this highly sacred and blessed day!!!
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Religious Festivities:
The XXVI day of the lunar month is sacred to Osiris. It is the “Feast of the Going Forth” and Maa-mer-itef is the God of the Feast
- First Epagomenal Day, Birth of Osiris:
“First (Epagomenal) Day: the Birth of Osiris.
Words to be said on this day:
‘O Osiris, Bull in His Cavern Whose name is hidden … . offspring of His mother.
Hail to You,
Hail to You.
I am Your son … . O father, Osiris.’
The Name of this day:
'Osiris, the Bull, the Pure One Who is in His Field’. ”
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“Birth of Osiris (…).”
[T. Behdet, c. Horus]
“Birth of Osiris:
performing the clothing for Osiris (…).”
[T. Behdet, c. Hathor]
“Feast of the Birth of Osiris (…).”
[T. Iunyt]
detail from the “House of Eternity” of King Ramses V and King Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings, KV9, West 'Uaset’-Thebes:
a double representation of the God Osiris
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