Ausar

Ausar is an alternative name used for Osiris, the central figure in ancient Egyptian religion known as the god of the afterlife, the underworld, and rebirth. The Egyptian name is often rendered as Wsjr in scholarly transliteration; Ausar appears in various modern adaptations to emphasize the original Egyptian form. In myth, Osiris is the husband of Isis and the brother of Set and Nephthys. According to the myth, Set murdered Osiris, scattering his body. Isis gathered his remains and, with magical aid, restored Osiris to life, enabling him to rule the realm of the dead. As king of the afterlife, Osiris presided over judgment and the cycle of renewal, and he became a symbol of resurrection and agricultural fertility. His death-and-rebirth narrative underpinned ancient Egyptian ideas about the afterlife and seasonal renewal along the Nile.

In art and ritual, Ausar is typically depicted as a mummified king, often with green skin and wearing the Atef crown (a white crown with ostrich feathers), sometimes holding the crook and flail. He is usually shown with the ankh, symbolizing eternal life, and is closely associated with Isis and Horus. Major cult centers for Osiris included Abydos and Busiris, where annual rites and mysteries celebrated his death and return.

Today, Ausar is used in some scholarly and popular works as a variant spelling of Osiris and appears in Afrocentrist and modern esoteric contexts as a way to stress African roots of Egyptian religion. In mainstream Egyptology, Osiris remains the standard designation.