. Kings and gods of Egypt . theother gods? The result was that any god assimi-lated to the Good Being was also called an Ithough he retained at the same time his own per-sonality, attributes, and particular characterise From the gods, redemption was then extendedto men: the cult of the dead rested on the sameidentification with Osiris as the worship of thegods. It was but the representation of the divinemystery which had formerly been accomplishedupon That is why every dead personwas called Osiris Such-and-such-a-onc; the de-ceased is supposed to have been dismembered,then restored; h
. Kings and gods of Egypt . theother gods? The result was that any god assimi-lated to the Good Being was also called an Ithough he retained at the same time his own per-sonality, attributes, and particular characterise From the gods, redemption was then extendedto men: the cult of the dead rested on the sameidentification with Osiris as the worship of thegods. It was but the representation of the divinemystery which had formerly been accomplishedupon That is why every dead personwas called Osiris Such-and-such-a-onc; the de-ceased is supposed to have been dismembered,then restored; his son assumes, while celebratingthe cult of his parent, the name of Horus, and thewidow of the deceased, the name of Isis. In thesame way, the friends of the family play the parts 1 De Iside et Osiride, 21. 2 G. Maspero, Etudes de Mythologie, i, p. 291. 92 Kings and Gods of Egypt of Thot and Anubis. The king, who is the sonand heir of the gods, when he performs the worshipof the gods, is called Horus. Thus, the State P*,U*. JttnrMr
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