One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis.
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Osiris
Encyclopedia Britannica
OSIRIS. See Egypt, vol vii. p. 716.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 18, p. 55
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Jupiter Roget’s Thesaurus §979
N. god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, jupiter, jove &c, pantheon, allah, bathala, brahm, brahma, brahma, cloud-compeller, devi, durga, kali, oread, the great spirit, ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, yama, varuna, zeus, vishnu, siva, shiva, krishna, juggernath, buddha, isis, osiris, ra, belus, bel, baal, asteroth &c, thor, odin, mumbo jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, ormuzd, oberon, mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, lempriere, folklore
Adj. god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic
Phr. "you moonshine revelers and shades of night"
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