Round 8: Tossup 13

This deity, who is identified with the dog-like sha, orders the boatman Nemty’s toes to be cut off after he unknowingly ferries a disguised goddess to a tribunal. In a series of Contendings, a younger relative of this deity plasters (10[1])gypsum onto a wooden boat to trick this figure into thinking it is made of stone. This deity is impregnated after he eats lettuce (-5[1])covered in his (10[1])nephew’s (10[1])semen. (10[1])This husband of Nephthys helps defend (10[1])Ra against the serpent Apep (0[1])during his nightly journey through the underworld. This deity cuts his brother into pieces and (10[1])scatters them throughout Egypt. (10[1])For 10 points, Osiris is killed by what Egyptian god of chaos, who competed with Horus to become pharaoh? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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