Round 10: Tossup 13

This deity, who is identified with the dog-like sha, (10[1])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 (10[1])into thinking (10[1])it is made of stone. (-5[1])This deity is impregnated (10[1])after he eats lettuce (10[1])covered in his nephew’s semen. (10[1])This husband of Nephthys helps (-5[1])defend Ra against the serpent Apep (10[1])during his nightly journey through the underworld. (-5[1])This deity cuts his brother into pieces and scatters them throughout Egypt. (10[1])For 10 points, Osiris is killed by what Egyptian (10[1]-5[1])god of chaos, who competed with Horus to become pharaoh? ■END■ (10[2])

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