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The identification of Osiris and Upuaut is proved by
many passages in the " Book of the Dead." At
Abydos (Petrie, Abydos ii) Upuaut was evidently
the original god, but was afterwards completely
superseded by Osiris.
31. Osiris, the living Prince in the Land of the
Lake, i.e. the Fayum (see III, 2).
32. Osiris, Lord of might, smiting the fiend. The
Sebau fiend figures largely in the " Book of the
Dead " as the enemy of Osiris, and therefore of the
dead in general. " The Sebau fiend hath fallen to
the ground, his arms and hands have been hacked
off, and the knife hath severed the joints of his
body." According to Dr. Erman, it was Osiris of
Memphis who conquered the enemy ; " thine image
is that which is seen at Memphis when thine enemy
falls under thy [sandals] " (A.Z. 1900, p. 35).
33. Osiris Hershefi in Henen-Seten. Hershefi, or
Arsaphes in the Greek form, was identified with
Osiris from the Xllth Dynasty, and perhaps earlier.
He is generally figured with a ram's head, and
wearing the head-dress of Osiris, and the horns are
so marked a feature that the name of Osiris Hershefi
is The Horned One. The name of his temple is
An-rud-ef, The Place where nothing Grows. M.
Naville {A/inas and Paheri, p. 7) gives some interest-
ing derivations of the name Hershefi. The name of
the town itself appears to have been contracted from
Henen-Seten to Henensi, in which form it appears in
the list of Assurbanipal. In Coptic, it is still further
contracted to Henes ; and the modern Egyptians, by
placing a vowel before the aspirate, have altered it
to its present form of Ehnasya.
34. Osiris, the Bull in Egypt. Here again we
have the identification of Osiris with the Bull, an
identification which is most clearly seen in the
worship of Apis. Osiris is constantly called the
Bull of the West, i.e. the region of the dead ; and
at Bekhent, a town of Lower Egypt, he appears to
have been called the Bull without any further title.
35. Osiris Nepra, Upuaut of the South. This is
the most interesting of all the epithets applied to
Osiris, but in these short notes it is impossible to
discuss it fully (vid. inf. Osiris, in the Sed-festival).
Nepra is the god of ripe corn, with whom Osiris, in
his character of god of vegetation, is naturally
identified. As early as the beginning of the Middle
Kingdom he received this title {Coffin of Amanm,
pi. xxvii), and it occurs also in that storehouse of
mythology, the Book of the Dead.
36. Osiris in all his appearings. The manifes-
tations of Osiris were so numerous that his wor-
shippers could never feel sure that they had not
overlooked some in a list of this kind. It was
therefore safer to end the list with a few epithets
which would cover all omissions and so avert the
anger which the god might feel at any neglect.
37. Osiris in all his houses of Long Duration.
Brugsch in his dictionary gives this word ahat,
determined with the sign of a house, as an equivalent
for tomb or grave. The title would then read
Osiris in all his Tombs.
38. Osiris in [or, with] all his ornamentations.
39. Osiris in all his incarnations (births).
40. Osiris in all his actions.
41. Osiris in all his names. The extraordinary -
attempt at archaic spelling in this epithet is worth
noticing.
42. Osiris in all his places.
43. Osiris in every place in which his ka desires
to be.
44. Osiris, chief of the gods.
45. Osiris, Ruler of the cycle of the gods.
46. Osiris, the great One of Eternity.
47. Osiris, eldest son of his Father.
48. Osiris, the Soul of the Gods. The souls of
the gods are greatly confused in the Book of the
Dead. Osiris is said to have a soul of his own as
well as being the soul of other gods. In chapter
xvii we find, " I am he whose soul resideth in a pair
of gods. What then is this ? It is Osiris when he
goeth into Deddu and findeth the soul of Ra; there
the one god embraceth the other, and becometh
Two Souls."
49. Osiris, Ruler of the Underworld.
50. Osiris, King of Amentet, i.e. the West, or
Region of the Dead. Amentet means Hidden, and
is the epithet applied to the place in which the sun
is hidden from his worshippers. As he was supposed
to die when he left the earth, the hidden place into
which he entered became the region to which the
faithful went at death.
51. Osiris within the house of Ba-en-Ra Mcr-
Neteru.
16. On the right of the
dl
is
a figure of
Merenptah standing before a table of offerings. In
front of him is a small altar inscribed with his name
and titles. The table of offerings is in three registers
corresponding to the three registers which contain
the divine names. Among the offerings are the
different joints into which the sacrificed ox is divided,
J9
brings is
"Hot
carrying
The identification of Osiris and Upuaut is proved by
many passages in the " Book of the Dead." At
Abydos (Petrie, Abydos ii) Upuaut was evidently
the original god, but was afterwards completely
superseded by Osiris.
31. Osiris, the living Prince in the Land of the
Lake, i.e. the Fayum (see III, 2).
32. Osiris, Lord of might, smiting the fiend. The
Sebau fiend figures largely in the " Book of the
Dead " as the enemy of Osiris, and therefore of the
dead in general. " The Sebau fiend hath fallen to
the ground, his arms and hands have been hacked
off, and the knife hath severed the joints of his
body." According to Dr. Erman, it was Osiris of
Memphis who conquered the enemy ; " thine image
is that which is seen at Memphis when thine enemy
falls under thy [sandals] " (A.Z. 1900, p. 35).
33. Osiris Hershefi in Henen-Seten. Hershefi, or
Arsaphes in the Greek form, was identified with
Osiris from the Xllth Dynasty, and perhaps earlier.
He is generally figured with a ram's head, and
wearing the head-dress of Osiris, and the horns are
so marked a feature that the name of Osiris Hershefi
is The Horned One. The name of his temple is
An-rud-ef, The Place where nothing Grows. M.
Naville {A/inas and Paheri, p. 7) gives some interest-
ing derivations of the name Hershefi. The name of
the town itself appears to have been contracted from
Henen-Seten to Henensi, in which form it appears in
the list of Assurbanipal. In Coptic, it is still further
contracted to Henes ; and the modern Egyptians, by
placing a vowel before the aspirate, have altered it
to its present form of Ehnasya.
34. Osiris, the Bull in Egypt. Here again we
have the identification of Osiris with the Bull, an
identification which is most clearly seen in the
worship of Apis. Osiris is constantly called the
Bull of the West, i.e. the region of the dead ; and
at Bekhent, a town of Lower Egypt, he appears to
have been called the Bull without any further title.
35. Osiris Nepra, Upuaut of the South. This is
the most interesting of all the epithets applied to
Osiris, but in these short notes it is impossible to
discuss it fully (vid. inf. Osiris, in the Sed-festival).
Nepra is the god of ripe corn, with whom Osiris, in
his character of god of vegetation, is naturally
identified. As early as the beginning of the Middle
Kingdom he received this title {Coffin of Amanm,
pi. xxvii), and it occurs also in that storehouse of
mythology, the Book of the Dead.
36. Osiris in all his appearings. The manifes-
tations of Osiris were so numerous that his wor-
shippers could never feel sure that they had not
overlooked some in a list of this kind. It was
therefore safer to end the list with a few epithets
which would cover all omissions and so avert the
anger which the god might feel at any neglect.
37. Osiris in all his houses of Long Duration.
Brugsch in his dictionary gives this word ahat,
determined with the sign of a house, as an equivalent
for tomb or grave. The title would then read
Osiris in all his Tombs.
38. Osiris in [or, with] all his ornamentations.
39. Osiris in all his incarnations (births).
40. Osiris in all his actions.
41. Osiris in all his names. The extraordinary -
attempt at archaic spelling in this epithet is worth
noticing.
42. Osiris in all his places.
43. Osiris in every place in which his ka desires
to be.
44. Osiris, chief of the gods.
45. Osiris, Ruler of the cycle of the gods.
46. Osiris, the great One of Eternity.
47. Osiris, eldest son of his Father.
48. Osiris, the Soul of the Gods. The souls of
the gods are greatly confused in the Book of the
Dead. Osiris is said to have a soul of his own as
well as being the soul of other gods. In chapter
xvii we find, " I am he whose soul resideth in a pair
of gods. What then is this ? It is Osiris when he
goeth into Deddu and findeth the soul of Ra; there
the one god embraceth the other, and becometh
Two Souls."
49. Osiris, Ruler of the Underworld.
50. Osiris, King of Amentet, i.e. the West, or
Region of the Dead. Amentet means Hidden, and
is the epithet applied to the place in which the sun
is hidden from his worshippers. As he was supposed
to die when he left the earth, the hidden place into
which he entered became the region to which the
faithful went at death.
51. Osiris within the house of Ba-en-Ra Mcr-
Neteru.
16. On the right of the
dl
is
a figure of
Merenptah standing before a table of offerings. In
front of him is a small altar inscribed with his name
and titles. The table of offerings is in three registers
corresponding to the three registers which contain
the divine names. Among the offerings are the
different joints into which the sacrificed ox is divided,