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Isis and Horus

Isis and Horus.png Pharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)ThumbnailsIndian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, SivaPharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)ThumbnailsIndian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, SivaPharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)ThumbnailsIndian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, SivaPharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)ThumbnailsIndian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, SivaPharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)ThumbnailsIndian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, Siva

This trinity consisted of the god Serapis (= Osiris + Apis), the goddess Isis (= Hathor, the cow-moon goddess), and the child-god Horus. In one way or another almost every other god was identified with one or other of these three aspects of the one God, even the sun god Mithras of the Persians.