Also called Wesir, Usir, Wennefer, Foremost of the Westerners.
Their story
Osiris was murdered by his brother Set, and Isis and Nephthys searched for and mourned him. With the help of Anubis and the other gods he was restored, and became king of the Duat, the world of the dead, where the hearts of the dead are weighed before him. During Khoiak, Egyptians made figures of him from earth and grain that sprouted as a sign of his renewal.
Their day
Saturday. In modern practice, Saturday is often chosen for him through Saturn, linked with endings, the harvest and time.
Best times to give to them
- the Khoiak festival
- the Wag festival
- dusk
What they like being given
- bread and beer, or a non-alcoholic ale
- fresh water
- barley or wheat
- incense
- green plants
How to honour them
- Sprout barley or wheat in a dish of soil during Khoiak, as a sign of his rising.
- Remember your dead before his image and speak their names.
- Keep a djed pillar amulet or image for stability.
- Tend a garden or houseplant as a quiet devotion.
How they can help you
- grief and remembering the dead
- renewal after loss
- stability
- patience with slow growth
Symbols
- the crook and flail
- the djed pillar
- the atef crown
- sprouting grain
Festivals
- Wag festival The 17th and 18th days of the first month (Thoth), about two and a half weeks after Wepet Renpet, so usually early August in modern Kemetic calendars
- Khoiak (Mysteries of Osiris) The fourth month of the Egyptian year, with the main rites from about the 12th to the 30th of Khoiak; modern Kemetic dates vary, usually late October to November
More Egyptian gods
- Horus The falcon, protector of the rightful king
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Thoth Scribe of the gods, lord of wisdom
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Khonsu The Traveller, the moon who heals
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen
- Atum The self-created first god of Heliopolis