✦ TITLE: Lord Osiris, King of Duat -- The God of the Dead, the Afterlife, and Resurrection
✦ SACRED ANIMAL: The Bennu Bird
✦ DIVINE WEAPON: The Crook and Flail
✦ NOTABLE EPITHETS: "Ruler of Eternity; Lord of Silence; One Who Presides on His Throne; Sovereign of the Underworld"
✦ PROFILE: https://deitiesproject.com/portfolio/osiris/
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Lord Osiris, the King of Duat, is the first-born and eldest of the royal children of Nut and Geb. He is the husband of Isis, and the father of Horus.
The once-deceased god-king Osiris dutifully serves as the ruler and judge of the underworld. He was resurrected following years of conflict within his divine family. He values his second life, but understands his solemn burden of restoring stability to the entire pantheon.
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Lmao ya'll thought Set would be the first one, didn't ya B')c
Thematically, Osiris is the first born of the Royal Pesedjet (aka the Ennead, at least the four from Osiris’s generation), so it makes sense to feature him first for OC_Tober! A lot of the myth revolves around Osiris's death and resurrection, though I'd like to revisit and give him some attention so he's not only a passive character in the story. I know he’s deeply important to Ancient Egyptian culture and would like to reflect that more.
Fun fact -- though I haven't drawn him as much, it seems that many people like or are curious about Osiris -- b/c his website profile is THE most viewed one out of everyone's!
This is closely followed by Set's, but uh... let's not give the guy another reason to loathe his older brother 😂
For any questions about Osiris or the rest of the project or cast, you can submit your message in the reopened Askbox and I'll answer them during the weekend -- just be sure to review the FAQs & Guidelines (as well as the latest update for more context), thank you! UPDATE: All wrapped up for this year, stay tuned for more blog updates later!
So, according to the new profiles, if Osiris is the King of Duat, what standing does Ra?
Osiris = "Lord Osiris, King of Duat"
Ra = "His Majesty Lord Ra, High King of the Deities"
I answered a similar-ish question a while back, and their titles can be found in the Characters page (and eventually in the new profiles, once I get to Ra--), so nothing's really changed since then. But TL;DR they are both kings, they just reign over different areas of dominion. I haven't fully fleshed out how the full hierarchy of high-ranking gods works out -- since the myths vary a lot -- just that it does, for the purposes of DEITIES. [...]
Osiris hold official dominion over Duat -- aka the Egyptian Underworld, as well as the Home of the Gods. His citizens and subjects are the deceased and exalted souls that reside in Duat, and by extension, he has some jurisdiction over any divinities and deities that reside there as well. He is also the head of the Council of Ma'at, and as their divine judge, he has the final verdict in most high profile trials, decisions, and "Weighing of the Heart" ceremonies.
Also, Osiris used to rule over living mortals before he was killed. Since he can no longer interact with the living world, that's an area currently in limbo and that other gods share responsibilities with regulating -- including his son, Horus. Ideally, Horus could take this dominion on fully once he's ready to take the mantle as a crowned king.
Ra, in contrast, is similar to what you could think of as "the king of kings" as far as deities are concerned -- a hierarchical step above Osiris (hence "High King"), but a level of seniority lower than Atum (who is THE All-father of the gods, and referred to as such).
Rather than directly ruling over Duat, Ra's dominion is over the entire pantheon and their collective culture of serving their devotees and maintaining divine order. Based on the myths, I'd like to think Ra used to have more direct involvement with the laws and systems of their entire realm, but has since delegated many tasks to other high-ranking gods for their assistance -- such as Khepri, Khnum, Ptah, Neith, Mut, Ma'at, Osiris, and others -- not all of whom are kings/queens, but often have have similar levels of power and influence.
This delegation of responsibilities also allows Ra to focus most of his energy to his divine task of sailing the Solar Barque and guiding the Aten (the Divine Sundisk, and the core source of their system of magic) thru the heavens during the day, and thru Duat's primordial waters during the evening.
Lastly, so there's no confusion on this front -- while both kings would be eligible for the title of "Majesty" (as far as I can find), I wanted to reserve this distinction for Ra, given that he rules over the entire pantheon and holds seniority. So when someone in DEITIES mentions "His Majesty," they are 99% likely referring to Lord Ra, not Lord Osiris.
While there remain two main sources of magic in the world of DEITIES […] there are countless affinities of magic – specializations, disciplines, and other manifestations that magic can take when being cast by a deity.
The affinities of magic that a deity becomes skilled with often correlates to what domains or phenomena they’re associated with. There’s no true limit to the amount of affinities a deity can learn, but certain affinities of magic are more common than others, and some may come more easily to certain deities.
Finally got some time to create a working list of some Magic affinities that deities can use in DEITIES verse – some of which are based on the mythology, and others that are shamelessly based in fantasy but seemed cool plausible enough to include >> Also finally got to draw Osiris (for once) demonstrating one of his affinities in reanimation magic – or in this case just “animation” of his bandages and other objects. More details and examples can be found in the new notes on Magic Affinities.
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