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It was a feast like Egypt [br]had never seen before.

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The warrior god Set and his wife, [br]the goddess Nephtys,

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decorated an extravagant hall [br]for the occasion,

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with a beautiful wooden chest [br]as the centerpiece.

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They invited all the most important gods,[br]dozens of lesser deities,

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and foreign monarchs.

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But no one caused as big a stir as Set [br]and Nephtys’s older brother Osiris,

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the god who ruled all of Egypt [br]and had brought prosperity to everyone.

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Set announced a game—

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whoever could fit perfectly in the chest[br]could have it as a gift.

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One by one, the guests clambered in,[br]but no one fit.

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Finally, it was Osiris’s turn.

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As he lay down, everyone could see[br]it was a perfect fit—

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another win for the god [br]who could do no wrong.

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Then Set slammed the lid down [br]with Osiris still inside, sealed it shut,

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and tossed it into the Nile.

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The chest was a coffin.

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Set had constructed it specifically [br]to trap his brother

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and planned the party to lure him into it.

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Set had long been jealous [br]of his brother’s successful reign,

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and hoped to replace [br]him as the ruler of all Egypt.

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The Nile bore the coffin out to sea [br]and it drifted for many days

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before washing ashore near Byblos, [br]where a great cedar grew around it.

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The essence of the god within [br]gave the tree a divine aura,

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and when the king of Byblos noticed it,

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he ordered the tree cut down[br]and brought to his palace.

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Unbeknownst to him,

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the coffin containing Egypt’s [br]most powerful god was still inside.

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Set’s victory seemed complete, [br]but he hadn’t counted on his sisters.

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Set’s wife Nephtys was also his sister,

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while their other sister, [br]the goddess Isis,

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was married to their brother Osiris.

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Isis was determined to find Osiris,

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and enlisted Nephtys’s help [br]behind Set’s back.

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The two sisters took the shape [br]of falcons and travelled far and wide.

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Some children who had seen [br]the coffin float by

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pointed them to the palace of Byblos.

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Isis adopted a new disguise [br]and approached the palace.

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The queen was so charmed [br]by the disguised goddess

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that she entrusted her [br]with nursing the baby prince.

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Isis decided to make the child immortal [br]by bathing him in flame.

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When the horrified queen [br]came upon this scene,

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Isis revealed herself [br]and demanded the tree.

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When she cut the coffin from the trunk[br]and opened it,

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Osiris was dead inside.

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Weeping, she carried his body [br]back to Egypt and hid it in a swamp,

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while she set off in search [br]of a means of resurrecting him.

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But while she was gone,

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Set found the body [br]and cut it into many pieces,

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scattering them throughout Egypt.

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Isis had lost Osiris for the second time,[br]but she did not give up.

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She searched all over the land,[br]traveling in a boat of papyrus.

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One by one, she tracked down [br]the parts

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of her husband’s dismembered body[br]in every province of Egypt,

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holding a funeral for each piece.

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At long last, she had recovered[br]every piece but one—

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his penis, [br]which a fish in the Nile had eaten.

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Working with what she had, Isis [br]reconstructed and revived her husband.

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But without his penis, [br]Osiris was incomplete.

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He could not remain among the living,

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could not return to his old position [br]as ruler of Egypt.

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Instead, he would have to rule over Duat,[br]the realm of the dead.

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Before he went, though, he and Isis [br]conceived a son to bear Osiris’s legacy—

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and one day, avenge him.