Osiris and Isis made gods? (Diodorus; Oldfather, tr, Diodorus of Sicily, 12 vols., 1933,1989, vol. 1)

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[...] On his return to Egypt he [Osiris] brought with him the very greatest presents from every quarter and by reason of the magnitude of his benefactions received the gift of immortality with the approval of all men and honour equal to that offered to the gods of heaven. After this he passed from the midst of men into the company of the gods and received from Isis and Hermes sacrifices and every other highest honour. These also instituted rites for him and introduced many things of a mystic nature, magnifying in this way the power of the god.

Diodorus of Sicily, The Library of History, bk. 1, ch. 20.

Diodorus, Siculus; Oldfather, Charles Henry, tr., Diodorus of Sicily, 12 vols., Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, 1933, 1946,1960,1968, 1989, vol. 1 - Books 1 & 2, 1-34, p. 65.

   22. Isis, they say, after the death of Osiris took a vow never to marry another man, and passed the remainder of her life reigning over the land with complete respect for the law and surpassing all sovereigns in benefactions to her subjects. And like her husband she also, when she passed from among men, received immortal honours and was buried near Memphis, where her shrine is pointed out to this day in the temple-area of Hephaestus. According to some writers, however, the bodies of these two gods rest, not in Memphis, but on the border between Egypt and Ethiopia, on the island in the Nile which lies near the city which is called Philae, [...]

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