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This moral test of righteousness is the most remarkable fact connected with the Osirian system of doctrine.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The Book of the Dead was the Bible or Prayer-book of the Osirian creed.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Once introduced into the Osirian creed, it spread with it throughout Egypt, and became a distinguishing feature of Egyptian theology.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The Osirian legend, as we have already seen, was early accepted as symbolizing the conflict between good and evil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

It was as an Osirian that he hoped to traverse the regions that lay beyond the tomb, and whose geography and inhabitants were revealed to him in the Osirian ritual.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)