Osiris: God Of Egypt

Marcelo Hipólito

Summary

Ra, the Sun God, had the Universe at his command. He inherited the extreme power of his father, Atum, the deity that created itself. From Ra's incandescent rays are born his brother-children, from whom he takes the most graceful of beauties to wife - Nut, Goddess of the Sky. Nut, however, would be the harbinger of doom. Dominated by an irrepressible passion, she surrenders to Geb, the God of the Earth, also the brother-son of Ra. Taken by fury, Ra condemns Geb to eternal darkness. With the seclusion of Geb, the great protector of the land, the world becomes dark, a place of barbarism and chaos. Osiris is one of the children of Geb and Nut, cast into the desolate land, cursed to suffer in frail human form and taste the evils and pains of the flesh. But the misfortune of the lovers Nut and Geb would propitiate the coming of the Messiah, the noble Osiris, king of Egypt. In this adventure about the history of the first kingdom on Earth, Marcelo Hipólito rescues the legends and traditions of Ancient Egypt.

Available since: 06/16/2023.

Print length: 69 pages.

Contemporary Fiction

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