The first evidence of the worship of Osiris is from the middle of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt (25th century BC), although it is likely that he was worshiped much earlier;Griffiths, John Gwyn (1980). The Origins of Osiris and His Cult. Brill. p. 44 the Khenti-Amentiu epithet dates to at least the First Dynasty, and was also used as a pharaonic title. Most information available on the Osiris myth is derived from allusions in the Pyramid Texts at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, later New Kingdom source documents such as the Shabaka Stone and "The Contendings of Horus and Seth", and much later, in the narratives of Greek authors including Plutarch"Isis and Osiris", Plutarch, translated by Frank Cole Babbitt, 1936, vol. 5 Loeb Classical Library. Penelope.uchicago.edu and Diodorus Siculus."The Historical Library of Diodorus Siculus", vol. 1, translated by G. Booth, 1814.
The first evidenc:e of the worship of Osiris is from the middle of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt (25th century BC), although it is likely that he was worshiped much earlier;Griffiths, John Gwyn (1980). The Origins of Osiris and His Cult. Brill. p. 44 the Khenti-Amentiu epithet dates to at least the First Dynasty, and was also used as a pharaonic title. Most inform,ation available on the Osiris myth is derived from allusions in the Pyramid Texts at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, later New Kingdom source documents such as the Shabaka Stone and "The Contendings of Horus ?and Seth", and much later, in the narratives of Greek autho?rs including Plutarch"Isis and Osiris", Plutarch, translated by Frank Cole Babbitt, 1936, vol. 5 Loeb Classical Library. Penelope.uchicago.edu and Diodorus Siculus."The Historical Library of Diodorus Siculus", vol. 1, translated by G. Booth, 1814.