. The Mythology of all races .. . THE OSIRIAN CYCLE 97. Osiris as JudgeON HIS Stairs frequently pictured as black,^^ He sits on his throne ofmetal, ^^ or on a platform (sometimes of a shape which re-sembles a hieroglyph for justice, z I), or on lofty stairs in the accompanying picture,on which the (personified) balance of jus-tice and the gods of the divine circle ofOsiris stand, must originally have meantthe stairs on which the sun-god ascendsand descends (p. 35). The later period,however, seeks Osiriss throne preferablyin the depths of the earth or of the his seat he dire
. The Mythology of all races .. . THE OSIRIAN CYCLE 97. Osiris as JudgeON HIS Stairs frequently pictured as black,^^ He sits on his throne ofmetal, ^^ or on a platform (sometimes of a shape which re-sembles a hieroglyph for justice, z I), or on lofty stairs in the accompanying picture,on which the (personified) balance of jus-tice and the gods of the divine circle ofOsiris stand, must originally have meantthe stairs on which the sun-god ascendsand descends (p. 35). The later period,however, seeks Osiriss throne preferablyin the depths of the earth or of the his seat he directs the occupations ^of the dead, supervising especially— Figsince he is connected with the vegetationwhich comes mysteriously from the deep — the work in thefields of Earn (the field of sprouts ; p. 55). Under or nearhis throne he guards the water and the plant of life (with bothof which, as we have seen, he is often identified); and since he decides the fate of the dead in theirsecond life, this kind king of the de-parted becomes a stern judge o
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