Religious and literary representations of the myth os Isis and Osiris

Abstract

Among the many stories of ancient Egyptian mythology, the best known is certainly the Myth of Isis and Osiris, which has been repeated countless times over the time. It is precisely this myth that this article focuses on, which aims to study some of its representations in two different contexts and historical moments. Therefore, seeking to understand how the same narrative appears in different cultures and contexts, we will verify how the myth of Isis and Osiris appears in the funerary art of the Ancient Egypt; and as it appears in two contemporary Brazilian literary works. Having carried out this verification, we will seek to establish approximations and distances, in order to understand which characteristics of the myth are maintained or has changed over time, and can be considered humanly universal characteristics, that is shared by all humanity, and not exclusively by a certain group and/or culture.