What is OSIRIS? | Tilburg University

osiris4dIn life, Egyptian pharaohs were seen as Horus; however, in death, the pharaohs became Osiris. As a matter of fact, ancient Egypt’s practice of mummifying the deadOsiris. Osiris, god of the deceased, was the son and oldest child of Geb, the Earth deity and Nut, the sky goddess. His wife and sister was Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic, fertility, death,