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

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