Isis and Osiris, the ancient myth of Pharaonic love that existed before the stories of Kais and Layla, and Romeo and Juliet by more than a thousand years, that legendary sacrificial love that made Isis and Osiris beloved gods among the ancient Egyptians, along with their son Horus, and made the god Set hated for doing evil and trying to kill his brother.

The story of Isis and Osiris:

The story begins with Osiris, the just ruler, the ruler of Egypt, where goodness and peace spread. He is descended from the first gods, “Ra” or “Atum.” His parents were the gods of the earth and sky, “Geb and Nut,” and his wife and sister at the same time, the beautiful Isis, and they did not have a child yet.

His brother Set and his wife are also their fourth sister, Nephthys. Set is the god of chaos and evil, who has a grudge against his brother because of his right to the king and because he kicked him one day. Some stories say that he cheated on him with his wife Nephthys.

Isis and Osiris ruled Egypt with justice and mercy, and goodness spread throughout Egypt and its forty-two regions.

Isis and Osiris, the myth of love among the ancient Egyptians

As for Set, he planned to kill his brother in order to usurp the throne. The Egyptians did not mention how he really killed him because of their belief in the power of writing and that it could happen again. But most likely, he put him in a coffin of his size only after he was given wine to get drunk and threw him in the river to drown. Without an heir, Set was able to claim the throne. The Pharaoh ruled a dark era in which chaos, evil, and the collapse of the kingdom prevailed.

- Love and adoration:

Isis, out of her love, was not satisfied with death as an end to their love story, so she began searching for the body of her drowned husband, sympathizing with him and mourning her only love, only to find him in the end in the city of Byblos, where the waters pushed him there. But somehow Set followed her and did not leave her. He snatched the body from her, cut it into 42 pieces, and scattered it throughout all of Egypt. She did not despair and insisted on collecting the parts of her deceased husband’s body. She asked for the help of the god “Thoth,” the god of magic and healing, and the god “Anubis,” the god of mummification. They were able to revive Osiris. For only a short period, Isis breathed the soul into him, and then she bore him a son, the powerful Horus, and bid farewell to her husband temporarily so that he could rule in “Duat,” the kingdom of the dead. She works to protect her only son from the oppression of Set, so that he can claim the throne when he grows up.

- Raising Horus:

Isis began raising Horus, despite Set's attempts to get rid of him, because he knew that this boy was dangerous to his claim to the throne, so he sent him scorpions and snakes, but Isis, the ideal mother, protected her son and used magic texts to heal him from any danger and breastfed him often until he became strong and able to fight Set, and she had what she wanted. Horus grew up and began to claim his father's throne.

Mutual violence:

This claim was characterized by violence between the two parties, and it was held before the “Holy Ennead,” which is the council of the great gods that arbitrates the dispute. The president of the council, Horus, Set, and Isis appear to help her son, and Thoth, who tries to resolve the dispute.

The conflict between the two gods takes place in many ways, such as wrestling and river boats in the form of hippopotamuses, and continues for eighty years with the help of followers of both parties, especially Isis, the mother of Horus. Events and conflicts are intertwined, which also include sexual abuse from Set to Horus, but Horus returns the struggle with two sides, so he is the victor in most conflicts. .

The end of the conflict is represented by Horus stealing Set's testicles, but Set also stole the eye of Horus, which represents the idea of ​​a lunar eclipse in Egyptian belief, but the matter ends with the latter returning the stolen organs.

the end :

In the end, Horus triumphs, takes his legal right to kingship, and exiles Set to be king over the barren land. As punishment, Set carries the body of Osiris to his grave. Then the son holds a funeral assembly and offers sacrifices, including his lost eye, thus completing a complete reinvention of Osiris. He is the god of the dead and specializes in revelation and death represented by autumn. And spring, and Horus is the god of the living with the support of his father and mother, and Isis and Osiris return to each other so that love and goodness triumph over evil and chaos.

The origin of the myth of Isis and Osiris:

After learning about the story, we will now know where it came from and how it reached us?!

The myth of Isis and Osiris. We began to see it with the Pyramid Texts, which are the oldest religious Pharaonic texts. They are located inside the pyramids to protect the Pharaoh and help him in the afterlife and in resurrection again. Its age exceeds two thousand years BC, meaning that the story is very old and one of the first love myths in the world, but it is likely that it was It was known to the Egyptian people long before it was written as separate stories, that is, the story was not collected as one and contained all of these characters except in the Pyramid Texts.

This wonderful myth came from the culture of the Egyptians and their observation of nature in the way plants die and are revived. From here came the idea of ​​the death and revival of God, as well as their belief in the role of medical work, the idea of ​​accountability, and the role of the wife and mother. The Egyptians had a keen eye for nature that enabled them to build this ancient civilization.