Round 7: 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 to trick this figure into thinking it is made of stone. This deity is impregnated after he eats lettuce covered (10[2])in his nephew’s (10[1])semen. (10[1]-5[1])This husband of Nephthys (-5[1])helps defend (10[1])Ra against the serpent Apep during his nightly journey through the underworld. This deity cuts his brother (10[1])into pieces and scatters them throughout Egypt. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, Osiris is killed by what Egyptian god of chaos, (10[1])who competed with Horus to become pharaoh? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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