Exam 30: Egypt: Isis and Osiris

The chest that held Osiris' body was finally made into a ________________ in Byblos.

As the cult of Isis spread throughout the ancient world, her worship became a mystery religion, like that of __________________.

______________ was the predominant god of Thebes in ancient Egypt.

In a discussion of religion and mythology, _______________ means the mixing together of elements from different belief systems.

In the procession described by Apuleius, ______________, rather than Osiris, has a major role as the consort of Isis.

_______________ is the term for a group of nine gods, as at Heliopolis.

Plutarch's rationalized story of Isis and Osiris creates confusion for the following reasons, EXCEPT that he _____________________________________________________ .

A major similarity between the Coffin texts and the Pyramid texts is that both __________________________.

According to Plutarch, _________________ is the son born of the sexual union between Isis and Osiris after his death.

Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of love and joy, was represented with the attributes of __________________.

Osiris was the chief Egyptian funerary god, and by extension was also associated with _______________________.

The cult of _______________ spread throughout Greece and the Roman Empire.

The best rationale for ancient Egyptian mummification practices is that ________________________________.

______________ is the mother of Horus, and sometimes also appears as his consort.

Plutarch equates the Greek monster _____________ with the Egyptian god Seth.

_____________ is the Egyptian god represented as a jackal or as a jackal-headed human.

For the ancient Egyptians, Hermopolis was the city of _______________.

In Egyptian mythology, Shu and Tefnut were children of ______________.

In Apuleius' Golden Ass, Lucius can return to his human form only by ___________.

Osiris was murdered by _______________.