Who is Osiris/The Powerslave connection?
The origin of Osiris is obscure but by 2400BC Osiris played a double role: He was both a god of fertility and the personification of the dead king. This dual role was in turn combined with the Egyptian dogma of divine kingship: The king at death became Osiris, god of the underworld; the dead king’s son, the living king, was identified with Horus, god of the sky. Osiris and Horus, therefore, were father and son. The goddess Isis was the mother of the king and was thus the mother of Horus and wife of Osiris. The god Seth was considered the murderer of Osiris and the adversary of Horus. According to the most traditional form of the myth, Osiris was slain or drowned by Seth, who tore the corpse into 14 pieces and flung them over the earth. Eventually Isis and her sister Nephthys found and buried all the pieces except the phallus, thereby giving new life to Osiris, who thenceforth remained in the underworld as ruler and judge. Horus then successfully fought against Seth and became the new k
