[oh-sahy-ris] 
| the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown. |
[oh-sahy-ree-uh
n] , adjective | O·si·ris (ō-sī'rĭs) n. Mythology The ancient Egyptian god whose annual death and resurrection personified the self-renewing vitality and fertility of nature. |