Osiris

Osiris was god of the underworld and judge of the dead. Osiris, a fertility god was the giver of civilization. He was son of Geb and Nut. Horus (God of day, was son of Osiris and Isis). Isis (Goddess of motherhood and fertility) was the sister and wife of Osiris. Anubis (Guide of souls to Amenti, region of dead) was son of Osiris. In very early times each town had its own town-god as well as a number of lesser gods. There were also gods that everybody worshiped. The most important of these were Ra, the sun-god; Horus, the sky-god; and Osiris, the god of the dead. The Story of Ra and Osiris - The people believed that every day Ra, the sun, sailed across the sky in his boat. Every night he disappeared into the underworld, in the west. In the underworld, they thought, was another Nile River. Osiris, the ruler of the underworld, had the sun's boat pulled along this river until at last it crossed the horizon and the sun rose again. Osiris had been murdered by his brother Set but lived again in the underworld as king of the dead. The people looked to Osiris to give them, too, a life after death. Osiris was usually shown in human form, tightly swathed in linen like a mummy and wearing a high crown. Apis the sacred bull, an embodiment of Ptah; identified with Osiris as Osiris-Apis or Serapis.