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Osiris is the greatest king and god of the Land of the Nile. He is a generous ruler, and the people love and worship him--along with his wife and queen, the goddess Isis. But Osiris's jealous brother Set has a terrible plan to get rid of Osiris forever and take his place on the Egyptian throne. Will Egypt suffer under an evil tyrant? Or can Isis use her magic and her love to save Osiris and conquer Set?
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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MYTHS THAT TELL OF ISIS, OSIRIS, AND OTHER DEITIES DATE BACK MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND YEARS. AND THE TALES THEMSELVES ARE SET IN EVEN EARLIER TIMES, BEFORE THE RISE OF EGYPT’S GREAT FAMILIES OF PHARAOHS. BUT THESE STORIES ARE ALSO TIMELESS, AS THEY REMAINED CENTRAL TO EGYPTIAN RELIGION AND LIFE FOR MANY CENTURIES. THE IMAGERY USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CLASSIC EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY IS THAT OF EGYPT’S GLORIOUS DYNASTIES, COMPLETE WITH PYRAMIDS, PHARAOHS, AND GRAND ARCHITECTURE. THE ART OF ISIS & OSIRIS: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOLLOWS THAT TRADITION. TO CREATE THE STORY, AUTHOR JEFF LIMKE USED SOURCES INCLUDING THE MASKS OF GOD: PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY BY JOSEPH CAMPBELL AND EGYPTIAN LEGENDS AND STORIES BY ARCHAEOLOGIST M.V. SETON-WILLIAMS. ARTIST DAVID WITT USED HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL SOURCES FROM EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS TO REPRODUCTIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART.
story by jeff limke pencils and inks by David Witt coloring by hi-fi design lettering by laura westlund
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Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Limke, Jeff. Isis and Osiris : to the ends of the earth / by Jeff Limke ; illustrations by David Witt. p. cm. — (Graphic myths and legends) Includes index. ISBN-13: 978–0–8225–3086–2 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–8225–3086–4 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. Isis (Egyptian deity)—Comic books, strips, etc. 2. Osiris (Egyptian deity)—Comic books, strips, etc. 3. Graphic novels. I. Title. II. Series. PN6727.L53I77 2007 741.5973—dc22 2005013570 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – JR – 12 11 10 09 08 07
eISBN-10: 0-8225-7215-X eISBN-13: 978-0-8225-7215-2
table of contents a party to end all parties . . . 6 a stone-cold prize . . . 13 goddess interrupted . . . 20 a god comes home, a god goes missing . . . 28 to the ends of the world . . . 35 making a mummy . . . 38 glossary and pronunciation guide . . . 46 further reading, websites, and movies . . . 47 index . . . 48 about the author and the artist . . . 48
a party to end all parties Such a handsome little boy, Dactyl!
Yes, you are. You will break so many young girls’ hearts.
Teacher to all.
You will be like my husband, Osiris.
A leader loved by all.
Except by his brother, Set…
who stole him from me.
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"Isis," he’d say, "you will be