I am going to handle my Egyptian section a bit differently than I did the Norse section because the Mythology here is more based in event parallels than symbolism. Also, I am much less familiar with Egyptian mythology, which is also an immensely complex and debatable religion in its own right. So, if you disagree with my take on its myths or I leave something out, please (Truly) comment; let me know. I am interested in learning more both in the Destiny Universe AND real life. In my explorations of Destiny’s mythos I have found an attraction to the idea of cycles reflected within the events/stories that occur. This should be fairly visible in my examination of the Norse mythos within Destiny. Likewise I approached Egypt with the same eye. As such I was attracted to connections between two key figures/stories. These are the Story of Osiris, which for other lore delves should resound as we have heard names from it, primary of these being Isis. The other figure is Ra, the Sun God, pretty easy to draw a line from the Sun to the Light. That in mind, oh constant reader, I will begin. Ahead of time, thank you for reading. This will be pretty much two parts, a summary of the Myths I am using first, then how those Myths correlate with Destiny’s events. The legend of Osiris is one of the most well documented mythologies that has survived, and to start I will give a summary then show the connections within Destiny between this mythos and Destiny. Osiris starts as one of the early Pharaohs of Egypt. He is portrayed as an excellent ruler, who often Travels to his people and teaches them how to cultivate the land and order/civilization. Osiris has a brother, Set, who is attributed as a force of chaos and unrest. Set murders Osiris and dismembers his corpse, spreading it throughout Egypt. The method of his death/dismemberment vary, differing narrative is common in Egyptian mythos so I will not delve into these differences, though there may be some good lore there, but for later. It is Osiris’ wife Isis that collects his dismembered body, the accounts as to who helps her in the collection and restoration of Osiris’ body varies as well, again, but it is the process that is important. The dismemberment and collection is connected with the burial rituals of Egypt, and connected with renewal. Once all the body parts (minus one, which was eaten by a fish) are collected through her Magic Isis is able to restore Osiris for one night to conceive Horus. He then again dies. Isis, who has begotten Horus, goes into hiding to protect Horus from Osiris’ opposite, Set, while Horus grows. Through those years Isis protects, heals, and nurtures Horus until his is able to confront Set. The times following this Horus and Set battle over the control of Egypt. Horus eventually is victorious after many years and many battles and trials. With the defeat of Set, Horus can finally give Osiris the proper funeral rights. These rights allow Osiris to renew in Duat, the underworld, where he will then rule as the lord of the dead, but continually start the renewing cycle of life. In this he is celebrated in the yearly agricultural cycle (which in Egypt is also connected with the floods) Which is the new growth, life, and reaping (death) of the crops simultaneously with the flooding seasons. The presence of Osiris and his nature of renewal carries importance in the journey of the sun in Egyptian mythology as well. The Sun, Ra, starts its journey every day as a newborn at sunrise (often actually depicted even as another god, or aspect, aspects are extremely important to Egyptian mythos) reaching maturity as Ra at noon, and then elderly and death at sunset, where he enters the underworld, Duat. He travels through the underworld and then will meet Osiris, who, through his regenerative powers, will allow Ra to renew to be born again for the next day. Now what all this means for Destiny. I will explore a couple of theories in this section, but in both the Traveler represents Osiris. Like Osiris’ Set, the Traveler has an opposite, who is referenced as a Dark Mirror. An interesting point right here is that Set IS Osiris’ brother, implying a relationship between the Darkness and the Traveler. Set is able to kill and dismember Osiris, much as the Traveler is defeated, and parts of it are found removed from the whole, such as the shard in the Hives possession. In order for the Traveler to heal these pieces must be friend and returned, much as Osiris must have his body restored to be able to be brought back to life. With Isis at this point Osiris begets Horus. Horus can easily be attributed to being mankind (I would say Guardians, but I believe it is mankind as a whole, not just Guardians). But who is Isis then? Rasputin, it is often accepted, refers to the Traveler as Isis. Personally I think it is a bit more complex than that. Isis is a maternal and protective figure, which correlates very well with the Traveler. The years of Isis protection of Horus correlates with the Travelers protection of man while we recover from the collapse, till we are strong enough to journey outwards again and combat the Darkness. Therefore at this point I have two theories towards Isis’ identity. One embraces the Egyptian habit, and norm of the combining of mythological figures, and aspects. As such Osiris and Isis can both be the Traveler, just different aspects of it. The aspect of the Traveler that is Osiris is the aspect that brings humanity prosperity, knowledge, and power. Isis is a figure associated with magic and maternal protection. It is this aspect of the Traveler that protects humanity and gives us, well, space magic. Once Humanity, like Horus, is able to combat the Darkness we do, and with our victory over the Darkness, we are able to allow the Traveler to finally be able to heal. This is well correlated as well in that it takes the defeat of Set for Horus to be able to perform the proper funerary rights which then allow Osiris to begin to heal. The second theory I have also toyed some with the idea that Isis is in fact the City or Earth, which would explain why only earth appears to have been defended by Rasputin, while all other parts of the Solar System were left to the darkness. Furthermore this would work well with the idea that mankind is the progeny of the traveler and earth, Osiris and Isis respectively. Another point I examined is the cycle of Ra, who can be equated with light. Without the revivification of Osiris, Ra (sensibly equitable with the Light) will remain in the Darkness, the dead underworld, and will be unable to bring light and life to the living world. With the defeat of the Heart we grant Osiris the ability to revive itself, and in the process the ability for the light to begin to renew itself. Last I want to point to the idea that Osiris represents a reviving force for mankind much as the Traveler. The Traveler has the ability, through its Ghosts to bring life back to the dead. This echoes of Osiris abilities to bring life back to the dead as well. Ra again is a good example of this, but furthermore, one of Osiris names is actually “king of the living” this being because the dead who are in Duat are not living there, hence their name “the living ones.” It is Osiris, and the contact with him which brings them to their blessed life, much as our contact as Guardians with the Ghosts (Little Light) brings us back from death. There are further musings to be made, but again I have given a heavy block of text but to the constant reader that has made it this far, I thank you, and look forward to further comments. Cheers and happy hunting!

Thank you, that was an very interesting read!

A very interesting read!

Beautiful information here! The connection fascinates me, especially since I have a particular fondness for Nordic mythology. This does seem to play into some ethereal concepts I had in regards to all if this being a repeat, in some form or another. Very interesting.

time travel?? this is interesting. I found an odd machine in the forgotten shore could it be a time travel device?

I really appreciate you putting this together. Maybe you can add edits to expand the original post as it kind of peters off without a strong closing statement. You could also include and cite other peoples' comments to make the top post a master resource. Adding sci Fi elements to mythology really drives it home for me. I feel heros like Habr who created the vog relic from the gorgon closely represent other mythological heroes and legends. I wonder who we will see next.