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'''Osiris''' (/oʊˈsaɪrɪs/, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', Coptic: ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ, romanized: Ousire) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient [[Egyptian religion]]. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. | '''Osiris''' (/oʊˈsaɪrɪs/, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', Coptic: ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ, romanized: Ousire) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient [[Egyptian religion]]. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. | ||
Osiris was widely worshipped from at least 3000 BC until the decline of ancient Egyptian religion during the rise of [[Christianity]] in the Roman Empire, although some form of his cult possibly began as early as 5000 BC. | Osiris was widely worshipped from at least 3000 BC until the decline of ancient Egyptian religion during the rise of [[Christianity]] in the Roman Empire, although some form of his [[cult]] possibly began as early as 5000 BC. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||