Aysis iyo Ohsayris = Isis and Osiris / retold by Dawn Casey ; illustrated by Nilesh Mistry ; Somali translation by Adam Jama.
Material type: TextLanguage: Somali, English Publication details: London : Mantra Lingua, c2006.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 1844443264 (pbk.) :
- 9781844443260 (pbk.) :
- Isis and Osiris
- Isis and Osiris. Somali & English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.20932 C338 | Available | 33111007117456 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The beloved King Osiris is murdered by his jealous brother Set and his casket thrown into the Nile. Queen Isis searches all over Egypt to find his body and to set his spirit free. Osiris becomes ruler over the Land of the Dead where Egyptians longed to journey after they died. Isis and Osiris were the most popular of Egyptian deities. The ancient Egyptian burial rites were based upon this story which describes how the first mummy was created.
Text in Somali and English.