Reading Notes: the Death of Osiris, Part A

Greek marble Statue of goddess Isis
Photo by Tilemahos Efthimiadis Source: Wikimedia

• Osiris is a great king of Egypt and has been ruling with such effectiveness that he leaves on a mission to help other peoples and make them good
• Set, the brother of Osiris, is so jealous that he conspires to remove him
• Iris is queen and rules while Osiris is on his mission. 
• While Osiris is away, Isis must work to foil Set's plans
• Set comes up with a plan to kill Osiris when he comes back
• Osiris comes back and hosts a large banquet
• Set bring a large, beautiful box and says whoever can fit perfectly gets to keep it. 
• No one fits except for Osiris. 
• Osiris can't get out of the box. Set's followers all close the lid, locking him in there
• Osiris floats down the river Nile in the box. 
• Grief stricken, Isis wonders the land trying to find Osiris. 
• Seven scorpions find her and become her protectors
• Set ascends to the throne and rules by tyranny. 
• Followers of Osiris are persecuted
• Ra, having pity on Isis, sends the son of Osiris, Anubis, to be her guide
• Isis comes to a house and upon arrival,
• The mother fears the scorpions, so she closes the door, not allowing the goddess to enter
•  a scorpion kills the son while trying to enter
• Isis pities the grieving mother and brings the son back to life. 

The Death of Osiris: Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie (1907).