Osiris (Apath)

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Lord of the living

Myths say that during the Age of Legend, Osiris ruled Osirion as its king. But his brother Set was jealous of Osiris's power and coveted his throne, so Set killed Osiris, dismembered his brother's body, and scattered the pieces across the world. Isis gathered up the pieces, and using her magic, she brought her husband back to life. Now free from death, Osiris became a god of death and life after death, whose resurrection mirrors the rebirth of souls in the afterlife.

Osiris is also a fertility god, a deity of nature and growth who dies each year with the harvest and is reborn again in the spring when vegetation sprouts again.

Osiris always appears wrapped up like a mummy, but with green skin symbolizing his role as a god of fertility. He wears a white atef crown with two ostrich feathers and carries a crook and flail, the symbols of pharaonic rule. Osiris is the brother of Nephthys and Set. His sister Isis is also his wife, and he is the father of Horus.

As a death god, O siris is tightly aligned with Anubis, but his brother Set remains his sworn enemy.

Clerics, druids, and paladins make up the bulk of Osiris's priesthood . Many mystery cults are also dedicated to Osiris; the initiates of these cults are said to learn the secrets of life and death. Clerics of Osiris who choose the Souls sub domain replace the domain spell animate dead with speak with dead instead.

Alignment: LG god of afterlife, fertility, rebirth, and resurrection.

Weapon: Flail.

Symbol: Crook and flail.

Animal: Ram.

Pathfinder Domains

Good (archon), Healing (Restoration, Resurection). Plant (Growth), Repose (Ancestors, Gravekeeper).

External Links

• XXX at Pathfinder Wiki.