Editing Djed (section)

==Myth==
In the [[Osiris myth]], Osiris was killed by [[Set (deity)|Set]] by being tricked into a coffin made to fit Osiris exactly. Set then had the coffin with the now deceased Osiris flung into the [[Nile]]. The coffin was carried by the Nile to the ocean and on to the city of [[Byblos]] in [[Lebanon]]. It ran aground and a sacred tree took root and rapidly grew around the coffin, enclosing the coffin within its trunk. The king of the land, intrigued by the tree's quick growth, ordered the tree cut down and installed as a pillar in his palace, unaware that the tree contained Osiris's body.

Meanwhile, [[Isis]] searched for Osiris aided by [[Anubis]], and discovered Osiris's location in Byblos. Isis maneuvered herself into the favor of the king and queen and was granted a boon. She asked for the pillar in the palace hall, and upon being granted it, extracted the coffin from the pillar. She then consecrated the pillar, anointing it with [[myrrh]] and wrapping it in [[linen]]. This pillar came to be known as the pillar of ''djed''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mackenzie |first=Donald Alexander |title=Egyptian Myth and Legend: With Historical Narrative, Notes on Race Problems, Comparative Beliefs, etc. |year=2007 |publisher=Forgotten Books |isbn=978-1-60506-002-6 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RB23VraDIoC&pg=PA46 |access-date=2012-07-17}}</ref>