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Which god did the Egyptians believe was the first to be mummified?

The Egyptians believed that Osiris, the god of the dead, was the first to be mummified.


How was isis worshipped?

Egyptians go to her temple and pray for her.


How did the egyptian gods help the egyptians?

The Egyptians believed that if they worshiped their gods, they would provide for them crops, fortune, and a good after-life. Osiris, the god of the Underworld would provide barely, a crop widely known to Egyptians and very common. Also, the Egyptian goddess of warfare would keep killing until all the mortals were dead if they did not pray to her after a war or battle had been lost. There are many ways in Egyptian mythology that the gods helped the mortals.


Who ruled the underworld according to Egyptians?

Osiris, who legend says was a Pharaoh who was murdered by his jealous brother Set (or Seth). His wife ( also sister) Isis did not give up the search to find his remains so with the help of Anubis, she found his body parts scattered in different rivers and streams in Egypt. Because of Osiris led a good reign as Pharaoh and how he died a (in the Egyptians eyes) a heroic death, Ra granted him life in the underworld and power to be king.


What was Osiris's importance to ancient egyptians?

It was because of the Osiris myth that Egyptains believed they had the right to be transformed and to live eternity in the Afterlife. Osiris becomes important with all aspects to do with death including burial rituals and mummification. Osiris was commonly known as the God of the Dead, however he was also worshiped in vegetation, sun, rain and re-birth.

Related questions

Why was the Osiris important to the Egyptians?

Osiris was the god of the afterlife, death and the dead


How did egyptians worship Osiris?

by bowing


Who was the prince of death to the Egyptians?

Anubis or Osiris


What did the ancient Egyptians believe osiris the god would dof or them?

Osiris was lord of the dead; as the pharaoh was regarded as the living Horus; Osiris ruled them after death.


Did Osiris take an important role for Egyptians as a symbol of resurrection?

Yes. As the god Osiris had lived, died, and was reborn.


Did it work well with Osiris being a god?

yes because the egyptians wouldn't have had life forever if Osiris wasn't the god of the afterlife. So, they liked Osiris.


What kind of people worshipped osirs?

if you mean Osiris then the Egyptians.


Which god did the Egyptians believe was the first to be mummified?

The Egyptians believed that Osiris, the god of the dead, was the first to be mummified.


Why was the Osiris God important to the Egyptians?

Osiris ruled the underworld as the king of the dead and gave everyone the hope of life after death.


When a king of Egypt dies what god did the Egyptians think he became?

Osiris


What religions did ancient Egyptians have or use?

Egyptians had many gods eg. Isis, Hathor, Osiris, Anubis etc.


What did the ancient Egyptian Isis do the Egyptians?

Isis was the Goddess of Fertility and the husband of Osiris. Without Isis, there would be no Osiris, so no Osiris, No Agriculture, No getting into the Underworld, you know, the things they care about.