Definition of Osires

Definition of Osires

Osiris, one of the principal gods of Egypt, the husband of Isis, who was his sister and the father of Horus, who avenged the wrongs he suffered at the hands of the Earth, his mother, in whose womb he was born and in whose womb he was buried; he was the god of all the earth-born, and subject to the like fate.

- Wikipedia

O*si"ris (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; of Egyptian origin.] (Myth.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. -- O*sir"i*an (#), a.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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