Anthony Wrote:
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> I have a memory with very deep grooves, so to
> speak. You're right: the vegetation god thing is
> stuck in my head, as JW used something like it in
> a presentation a few years back.
>
>
> Quick search shows this:
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Quote:In some Egyptian texts, the scattering of
> the body parts is likened to the scattering of
> grain in the fields, a reference to Osiris's role
> as a vegetation god. 'Osiris gardens' -
> wood-framed barley seedbeds in the shape of the
> god, were sometimes placed in tombs - and the
> plants which sprouted from these beds symbolized
> the resurrection of life after death.
Sure, Osiris
was very strongly linked to the agriculture.... during the NK. However, in the PTs there is no such link. And your claim was Osiris
first, in his early form being a vegetation god.
>
> Tatenen is painted green to represent his
> vegetation role...and I think that also lends to a
> vegetation link for Osiris.
How was Osiris painted in during the OK? I am not disputing Osiris' obvious association to vegetation and re-growth. Just disputing it as occurring as the original state of Osiris.
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> To understand Egyptian mythology is to understand
> Osiris' link to rebirth. To understand Egyptian
> rebirth is to understand its link to vegetation.
>
> Why do you say Osiris is green, if not for this
> link to vegetation?
Again, let me ask you what colour was Osiris originally?
Ritva