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# Osiris

🏷 Egyptian divine name pun · name — by Gerry · Nov 2020 · 448 words

The Egyptian god Osiris is written wsjr, and puns with wsr for “power” & “wealth”.

Osiris is written wsjr, very often with the biliteral signs Q1 𓊨 ws and D4 𓁹 jrj. As usual, all of Osiris’ attributes are S-R puns with his name. The most obvious pun is with wsr for “power” & “wealth”, which is already a hint as to who really invented this religion. Since jrj for “acting” is a very common word, there may also be compound phrases, though they are harder to figure out.

- Osiris holds a flail, because wsr means “power”. To the aristocracy, power is about successfully subjugating their subjects.
- Osiris holds a crook, because wsr also means “wealth”. To the aristocracy, wealth is what they grab from their subjects. The ancients knew that power & wealth are really the same behind the scenes, so it was one word.
- Osiris holds a crook, perhaps also because wsr means “neck”.
- Osiris is a spook symbol, because sr means “nobleman”, probably derived from “power” & “wealth”.
- Osiris & Seth were spook symbols as brothers, because wsr-stḫ means “hidden power”. (Seth puns with stḫ for “concealed”.)
- Osiris was cut up into pieces by Seth, because wsj-r means “cut up into pieces”. (Seth puns with sṯȝw for “attacker”.) This is the one pun that’s spelled 100% identical to Osiris, so it may also have a figurative spook meaning.
- Osiris was healed by Isis, because srwḫ means “healing”, and perhaps because ȝst “splinters” puns with Isis.
- Osiris is a mummy perhaps because sˤḥ means “mummy”. (ḥ ≈ r is not a very good pun though. But since sˤḥ also means “nobleman”, it could also be a synonym pun, or both.)
- Osiris is the god of the underworld, because šrˤ means “dungeon”.
- Oriris has a wooden penis, perhaps because wsr means “strong” & “rudder”, which could be a slang term. That word has even been suggested to mean “penis” directly.

#### Egyptian wsjr = Osiris

𓊨𓁹𓀭 wsjr : Osiris — Egyptian (Wikt)

#### Egyptian wsr = strength, power, wealth

𓄊𓋴𓂋𓂡 wsr.w : power; strength; wealth — Egyptian (TLA)

𓄊𓋴𓂋𓂡 wsr : strong, powerful, wealthy, influential, rich in years — Egyptian (AED)

𓄊𓋴𓂋𓂡𓀀 wsr : powerful one — Egyptian (TLA)

𓄊𓋴𓂋𓂡𓀀 wsr : wealthy man — Egyptian (AED)

#### Egyptian wsj = sawing, cutting; r = part, piece

𓅱𓋴𓌪 wsj : to saw — Egyptian (AED)

𓅱𓋴𓌪𓂡 wsj : to saw, cut up, trim (with saw) — Egyptian (Vygus)

𓂋 r : item; part; piece — Egyptian (TLA)

#### Egyptian wsr = rudder, staff, phallus; srwḫ = healing; sˤḥ = mummy

𓄊𓋴𓂋𓆱 wsr : rudder, oar — Egyptian (TLA)

𓄊𓋴𓂋𓅱S199A𓆱𓏥 wsr : staffs, rods — Egyptian (Vygus)

𓄊𓄹𓏤 wsr : body part of Osiris, phallus? — Egyptian (Vygus)

𓋴𓂋𓅱𓐍𓐎𓏛 srwḫ : to foster; to treat (med.) — Egyptian (TLA)

𓋴𓂝𓎛𓋩𓀾 sˤḥ : mummy; form, shape — Egyptian (TLA)

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