Round 9: 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 gypsum onto a wooden boat (10[1])to trick this figure into thinking it is made of stone. (-5[2])This deity is impregnated after he eats lettuce (10[1])covered in his nephew’s semen. (10[1])This (10[1])husband (-5[1])of Nephthys helps defend Ra against the serpent (10[1]-5[1])Apep during his nightly journey through the underworld. This deity cuts his brother into pieces and scatters them (10[1])throughout Egypt. (10[1])For 10 points, Osiris is killed by what Egyptian god of (10[1])chaos, who competed with Horus to become pharaoh? ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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