Osiris is first attested in the middle of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt, although it is likely that he is worshipped much earlier the term Khenti-Amentiu dates to at least the first dynasty, also as a pharaonic title. As ruler of the dead, Osiris is also sometimes called " king of the living", since the Ancient Egyptians considered the blessed dead " the living ones".
He is also associated with the epithet Khenti-Amentiu, which means "Foremost of the Westerners"- a reference to his kingship in the land of the dead.
Osiris is at times considered the oldest son of the Earth god Geb, and the sky goddess Nut, as well as being brother and husband of Isis, with Horusbeing considered his posthumously begotten son. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. Osiris ( / oʊ ˈ s aɪər ɨ s / Greek: Ὄσιρις, also Usiris the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Asari, Aser, Ausar, Ausir, Wesir, Usir, Usire or Ausare) is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. Isis, Set, Nephthys, (and Arueris as per Plutarch) Osiris For other uses, see Osiris (disambiguation).