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OSIRIS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)

Pronounced: o-SIE-ris (English)  [key]

Greek form of the Egyptian Asar which is of unknown meaning. In Egyptian mythology Osiris was the god of the dead and the judge of the underworld. He was slain by his brother Seth, but revived by his wife Isis.


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