The Mysteries of Osiris (or Sokar-Osiris, as they were more
anciently known) was one of the most important national festivals
of ancient Egypt. In this major festival celebrated at the close of
the first season, the myths around the death of the god Osiris and
his ascension not to rebirth, but to the kingship of the blessed
dead in the underworld or afterlife called Duat, were reenacted
over a series of public and private ceremonies held throughout
ancient Egypt. The high point of these ceremonies was the Night of
Sleep, the day when a complex, 24-hour temple vigil was enacted by
multiple priests and two women playing the parts of the goddesses
Isis and Nephthys as a formal re-enactment of the Osirian funeral
rites. In The Hourly Vigil of Osiris, Tamara L. Siuda provides the
first full modern English translation of the entire 24-hour vigil
of the Osiris Mysteries liturgy, from original Egyptian
hieroglyphic texts.
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