OSIRIS
Osiris is perhaps the most easily recognised of the gods. He was always dressed in white mummy's clothes: he wore a beard and held in his crossed arms the crook, the flail (whip), and sometimes the sceptre - all signs of authority and power. Most often he was depicted as the judge of a dead person's soul.
As god of the underworld, Osiris became respected above all other Egyptian gods. He was responsible for receiving reports from other gods of the recently dead person's soul as it progressed through the trials of the underworld, and for rendering final judgement on the fate of the soul. He was usually attended by Isis and Nephthys and assisted by Thoth and Horus, who spent part of their time in the underworld, having earthly responsibility as well. The jackal-headed god Anubis was responsible for embalming and generally preparing the body and, as such, was Osiris's chief assistant.
(From the same book by Robert A. Armour, ''THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO PRESS'', 1986)