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 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 in his nephew’s (-5[1])semen. This husband of Nephthys helps defend (-5[1])Ra against the serpent (-5[1])Apep during his nightly journey through the (-5[1])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])god of chaos, who competed with Horus to become pharaoh? ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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