OSIRIS

Greek form of He-siri, "the seed". Plutarch recorded that "Osiris was black," and that his son, Horus, "was of a fair complexion"

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O‐si″ris (?), n. [] (Myth.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. — O‐sir″i‐an (#), a.