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Studies in the History of Oriental Religion, Vol. 2 of 2: Adonis Attis Osiris (Classic Reprint)
Studies in the History of Oriental Religion Vol 2 of 2 Adonis Attis Osiris - Classic Reprint Author:Sir James George Frazer - — Table of Contents — CONTENTS; BOOK THIRD; OSIRIS pi) J -2 I 8; CHAPTER I-THE MYTH OF OSIRIS Pp 3- 2 3; Osiris the Egyptian counterpart of Adonis and Allis, 3; his myth, 3 sqq ; the; Pyramid Texts, 4-6 ; Osiris a son of the eanhgot! and the sky-goddess,; 6; marries his sister Isis, 7; introduces the cultiyation of corn and of the; vine, ... more »7; his violent death, 7 s9; Isis searches for his body and takes; refuge in the swamps, 8; she co~ceives Horus the younger by the dead; Osiris, 8; the booy or" Osiris floats to Byhlus and is there found by Isis,; 9 sq ; the body rent in pieces by Set or Typhon but recovered and buried; oy Isis, ro sq; the members of Osiris treasured as relics in different; places, 1 J sq; laments of the sisters Isis and Nepht hys for Osiris, 12;; being brought to life Osiris reigns as king and judge of the dead in the; other world, 12 sq ; the confession of the dead, 13 sq ; the fa te of the; wicked, 14; the resurrect ion of Osiris regarded by the Egyptians as a; pledge of their own immortality, 15 sq; contests between Sct and; Horus, the brother and son of Osiris, for the crown of Egypt, 16-18;; Busiris and Abydos the chief seats of the worship of Osiris, 18; the tomb; of Osiris at Abydos, 18 sq ; identified with the tomb of King Khent,; 19 sq ; the sculptured effigy of Osiris, 20 sq ; the hawk crest, 21 sq ;; the association of Osiris with Byblus, 22 sq; CHAPTER II-THE OFFICIAL EGYPTIAN; CALENDAR Pp 24- 29; The date of a festival sometimes a clue to the nature of the god, 24; the year of; the Egyptian calendar a vague or movable one, 24 sq ; divorce or the; official calendar from the natural calendar of the seasons, 25 sq ; attempt; of Ptolemy TIl to reform the calendar by intercalation, 26 sq; the fixed; Alexandrian year instituted by the Romans, 27-29 CILI'TEI~ II I - TIlE CLE~I)AR OF THE; EGYI'TL~ FAR:'IIER; S l Tile Ris,' (/Ild hlil 0/ the /'il,', pp ~0-32--rn Egypt the operations of; hus« less