Editing Osiris (section)

==Appearance==
[[File:Tumba de Tutankamón, Valle de las Reyes, Luxor, Egipto, 2022-04-03, DD 75.jpg|thumb|335x335px|Scenes from the north wall of the [[Tomb of Tutankhamun|burial chamber of Tutankhamun]]. On the left side, [[Tutankhamun]], followed by his ''[[Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul#Ka (vital essence)|ka]]'' (an aspect of his soul), embraces Osiris.{{sfn|Reeves|1990|pp=72–73}}]]
Osiris is represented in his most developed form of iconography wearing the ''[[Atef]]'' crown, which is similar to the [[White crown]] of [[Upper Egypt]], but with the addition of two curling ostrich feathers at each side. He also carries the [[crook and flail]]. The crook is thought to represent Osiris as a shepherd god. The symbolism of the flail is more uncertain with shepherd's whip, fly-whisk, or association with the god Andjety of the ninth [[Nome (Egypt)|nome]] of [[Lower Egypt]] proposed.<ref name="oxford">The Oxford Guide: Essential Guide to Egyptian Mythology, Edited by Donald B. Redford, pp.&nbsp;302–307, Berkley, 2003, {{ISBN|0-425-19096-X}}</ref>

He was commonly depicted as a [[pharaoh]] with a complexion of either green (the color of rebirth) or black (alluding to the fertility of the Nile floodplain) in mummiform (wearing the trappings of mummification from chest downward).<ref name="Mark Collier p42">"How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs", Mark Collier & Bill Manley, British Museum Press, p.&nbsp;42, 1998, {{ISBN|0-7141-1910-5}}</ref>