The Origins of Osiris and His Cult

THE ORIGINS OF OSIRIS AND HIS CULT
CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviated References
I. THE ORIGINAL MYTH
	The Egyptian Treatment of Myth
	The Pyramid Texts
	Osiris and the Horus-myth
	The Basic Funerary Situation
	The Death of Osiris
	The Seeking and Finding
	The Birth of Horus Sopd
	Osiris and Byblos
	The Ancillary Deities
	The Rite of Royal Burial
	The Divine Titles
II. THE ORIGINAL CULT
	Its Antiquity
	Relation to the Deceased King
	Nut, Isis and Nephthys
	Tendance of the Body and Mummification
	Sacrifices
	Life after Death
	Purification Rites
	Opening of the Mouth
	A Carrying Rite
	A Dramatic Scene
	Other Aspects of the Early Funerary Ritual
III. AN UPPER EGYPTIAN GOD OF THE ROYAL DEAD
	Iconography
	The Name
	The Name and Solar Functions
	The Memphite Theology and the Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus
	Private Funerary Inscriptions
	The Epagomenal Days
	The Ennead of Heliopolis
	Cult Topography
	\'Andjety
	The Eastern Delta and Anthropomorphism
	The Libyan God Ash
	A Jackal-God in Abydos
	The Anthropomorphic Source
	Antitheses and Hostilities
IV. THE ASSOCIATION WITH WATER AND VEGETATION
	Libation and Inundation
	Links with Orion and the Year
	Fertility and the Nile
	Osiris and Corn
	Other Gods and Fertility
V. THE RULER AND JUDGE OF THE DEAD
	A Dreaded Deity
	A Judicial Function
	A Trial Scene in Heliopolis
	Judgement after Death
	A Moral Defence and \'The Great God\'
VI. THE CULT AND THE SOCIETY
	Patriarchy in a Nomadic Community
	Brother-Sister Marriage
	The Theory of the King\'s Compulsory Death
	The Background of Sethian Symbolism in Sacrifice
VII. AN EMBRYONIC SYSTEM OF SALVATION
	Osiris as the Central Figure
	Identification with Osiris
	A Pluralist Concept of Personality
	Partial Identifications and Syncretism
	The Imitative Element in Ritual
	The Collective Approach
	Deliverance after Death
Addenda
Bibliography
Index of Texts Cited
General Index
Linguistic Indices