“Theban texts express the relationship between Osiris and Amun in various ways. They normally
“Theban texts express the relationship between Osiris and Amun in various ways. They normally avoid using syncretistic formulations like Amun-Osirs or Osiris-Amun to do so, making it clear that this was not simply a matter of identity between the two. In some texts, Osiris is called the heir of Amun. As a lunar deity, he can be described as the replacement or deputy of the sun god. Yet another way of expressing the relationship of the two divinity was to designate Amun as the ba of Osiris.”― Following Osiris: Perspectives on the Osirian Afterlife from Four Millennia 1st Edition, by Mark Smith -- source link
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