Introduction
This is Osiris of the Ennead, recorded specifically in his capacity as a literal king in Manetho's dynastic king-list, which treats the gods as Egypt's earliest rulers before Horus and, eventually, human pharaohs.
Family
- Father: Geb (as king)
- Children: Horus (as king)
- Siblings: Set (as king)
A King's Murder, Recorded as History
Manetho's framework presents Osiris's murder by Set not merely as mythological narrative but as a specific event in Egypt's dynastic succession, a usurpation that Set's own subsequent kingship (also recorded in this tree) interrupts before Osiris's son Horus restores the rightful line. The fuller mythological account of Osiris's death, dismemberment, and restoration by Isis is recorded separately in the Egyptian Pantheon project; this article covers specifically his place in the historiographic king-list.
This article records a specific literary or theological role — a king-list entry, a court tale, or a royal legitimation narrative — rather than the deity's or ruler's fuller religious identity, which (where applicable) is covered in the separate Egyptian Pantheon project.