bloodlines thoughts + rabbit holes

As Geb’s eldest son, Osiris inherits his father’s kingdom, and becomes the first Pharaoh. But another sibling in this family, Set, is jealous and murders Osiris in order to gain the throne. The body of Osiris is—depending on the version of the story—hidden and/or dismembered and scattered throughout the country. Isis, however, manages to find the b

In the 1980s, when scientists began analyzing large databases that allowed them to compare identical twins (who share all of their genes, plus, usually, their prenatal and childhood environments) to same-sex fraternal twins (who share half of their genes, plus their prenatal and childhood environments), they found that the identical twins were more

She gives birth to Horus, who grows up and defeats Set, becoming the new Pharaoh. Osiris, meanwhile, has become the ruler of the underworld, while Isis has forged her reputation as a goddess of motherhood and magic, among other things.