Door #1 Djed 21 languages Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Djed (disambiguation) . The djed , an ancient Egyptian symbol meaning 'stability', is the symbolic backbone of the god Osiris . The djed , also djt ( Ancient Egyptian : ḏd 𓊽 , Coptic ϫⲱⲧ jōt "pillar", anglicized /dʒɛd/) [1] is one of the more ancient and commonly found symbols in ancient Egyptian religion . It is a pillar -like symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphs representing stability. It is associated with the creator god Ptah and Osiris , the Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead. It is commonly understood to represent his spine . Myth [ edit ] In the Osiris myth , Osiris was killed by Set by being tricked into a coffin made to fit Osiris exactly. Set then had the coffin w...
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