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Ra cursed the goddess Nut so she could never give birth on any day of the year. Thoth, the god of wisdom, challenged the moon god Khonsu to a game of Senet to win a fraction of his light. Thoth won enough moonlight to create five extra days, allowing Nut to finally bear her five divine children.
After the jealous god Set murdered his brother Osiris, he discovered the hidden body and tore it into fourteen fragments to prevent his resurrection. These pieces were scattered across the Nile Valley, prompting the goddess Isis to undertake a monumental journey to recover them. This central myth explains the origin of the Egyptian nomes and the establishment of Osiris as the eternal Lord of...