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[[File:st_osiris.jpg|frame|Osiris, followed by his two sons, Anubis and Horus]]
[[File:st_osiris.jpg|frame|Osiris, followed by his two sons, Anubis and Horus]]


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=== Tropes: ===
=== Tropes: ===
* [[Action Girl]]: Many of the goddesses became one, particularly Isis, Sekhmet, and Hathor, plus Neith, goddess of war.
* [[Action Girl]]: Many of the goddesses became one, particularly Isis, Sekhmet, and Hathor, plus Neith, goddess of war.
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Set, although an ambiguous deity in the earliest version of his myths, was worshipped like the other gods and protected Ra from Apep. After the division of Egypt, he became a [[God of Evil]] in the Lower Kingdom and even more so after the Hyksos invasion.
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Set, although an ambiguous deity in the earliest version of his myths, was worshipped like the other gods and protected Ra from Apep. After the division of Egypt, he became a [[God of Evil]] in the Lower Kingdom and even more so after the Hyksos invasion.
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: That is one version of how Atum created Shu and Tefnut (the other is by spitting).
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: That is one version of how Atum created Shu and Tefnut (the other is by spitting).
** Some versions have it as both. It wasn't really a date with Rosie Palms, so much as a date with ... his own mouth.
** Some versions have it as both. It wasn't really a date with Rosie Palms, so much as a date with ... his own mouth.
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: For the most part, the followers of [[Egyptian Mythology]] understood that the various forms ascribed to their various gods weren't supposed to be how the gods actually were. Those forms were supposed to be symbolic of concepts and traits found in the gods, with the actual gods themselves being thought to exist as abstract forces.
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: For the most part, the followers of [[Egyptian Mythology]] understood that the various forms ascribed to their various gods weren't supposed to be how the gods actually were. Those forms were supposed to be symbolic of concepts and traits found in the gods, with the actual gods themselves being thought to exist as abstract forces.
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* [[Animorphism]]
* [[Animorphism]]
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]: When Sekhmet was sent to Egypt to punish traitors of Ra, she slaughtered half the population, mauling them and drinking their blood.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: When Sekhmet was sent to Egypt to punish traitors of Ra, she slaughtered half the population, mauling them and drinking their blood.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Osiris, after being killed and cut into pieces by Seth.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Osiris, after being killed and cut into pieces by Seth.
* [[Badass]]: Seth and Hathor qualify, as they are the only deities able to overcome the chaos demons.
* [[Badass]]: Seth and Hathor qualify, as they are the only deities able to overcome the chaos demons.
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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: A lot. Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys were all siblings, who fell in love while still in the womb. This aspect of Egyptian mythology reflected on the marriage habits of the Pharaohs.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: A lot. Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys were all siblings, who fell in love while still in the womb. This aspect of Egyptian mythology reflected on the marriage habits of the Pharaohs.
** Also, Nut and Geb were so much in love with other, that their children decided to put a stop to it by keeping them apart. ([[Just-So Story|And this is why the sky is far enough from the ground that plants, animals, and people can live between the two.]])
** Also, Nut and Geb were so much in love with other, that their children decided to put a stop to it by keeping them apart. ([[Just-So Story|And this is why the sky is far enough from the ground that plants, animals, and people can live between the two.]])
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Aten, the disc-shape sun god.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Aten, the disc-shape sun god.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Bes, who is drawn in a completely different style than the other gods, and came from Nubia. It's also possible that Hathor's following originated further south as well.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Bes, who is drawn in a completely different style than the other gods, and came from Nubia. It's also possible that Hathor's following originated further south as well.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Set and Osiris. [[Ur Example|One of the few examples older than]] the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Set and Osiris. [[Ur Example|One of the few examples older than]] the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Less wrong than most versions, but Osiris came back ''green''. Some myths have this due to him turning into a vegetable or something. Also, he might be missing some bits, especially after that incident [[Groin Attack|with Set throwing a certain body part of his into the Nile where a fish ate it.]]
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Less wrong than most versions, but Osiris came back ''green''. Some myths have this due to him turning into a vegetable or something. Also, he might be missing some bits, especially after that incident [[Groin Attack|with Set throwing a certain body part of his into the Nile where a fish ate it.]]
* [[Cessation of Existence]]: If a dead person's heart is heavier than Ma'at's feather, it's fed to the beast Ammit and the dead person ceases to exist. <ref>The very idea of a cessation of existence was one of the most terrifying things imaginable in ancient Egyptian religion, and even being forgotten after death is a big deal. One of the most common ways to strike at the legacy of a dead Pharaoh was to erase said Pharaoh's name anywhere one could find it, thereby invalidating their existence.</ref>
* [[Cessation of Existence]]: If a dead person's heart is heavier than Ma'at's feather, it's fed to the beast Ammit and the dead person ceases to exist. <ref>The very idea of a cessation of existence was one of the most terrifying things imaginable in ancient Egyptian religion, and even being forgotten after death is a big deal. One of the most common ways to strike at the legacy of a dead Pharaoh was to erase said Pharaoh's name anywhere one could find it, thereby invalidating their existence.</ref>
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: Best describes the contradictory nature of Egyptian mythology.
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: Best describes the contradictory nature of Egyptian mythology.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Osiris once he became the god of death. Anubis as well, being portrayed as a black jackal.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Osiris once he became the god of death. Anubis as well, being portrayed as a black jackal.
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* [[Petting Zoo People]]: The deities with animal heads and human bodies.
* [[Petting Zoo People]]: The deities with animal heads and human bodies.
** Though the Egyptians didn't actually believe those deities had animal heads; the animals symbolized aspects of the deity or were sacred to them, as the ibis to Thoth.
** Though the Egyptians didn't actually believe those deities had animal heads; the animals symbolized aspects of the deity or were sacred to them, as the ibis to Thoth.
* [[Resurrective Immortality]]: The Egyptian gods are immortal in this way. Although they are depicted as being killed, and aging, in several myths, they always come back to life. Re dies each and every evening, and is reborn every morning. Though the evidence isn't entirely clear, it appears that all gods were thought to age, die, and resurrect.
* [[Resurrective Immortality]]: The Egyptian gods are immortal in this way. Although they are depicted as being killed, and aging, in several myths, they always come back to life. Re dies each and every evening, and is reborn every morning. Though the evidence isn't entirely clear, it appears that all gods were thought to age, die, and resurrect.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: In some versions, Seth murdered Osiris as revenge for having slept with his wife.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: In some versions, Seth murdered Osiris as revenge for having slept with his wife.
* [[Shapeshifting]]: Nearly all the gods and goddesses could do it.
* [[Shapeshifting]]: Nearly all the gods and goddesses could do it.
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