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Ancient Egyptian Myths
|The Betrayal of Set | |The Betrayal of Set |
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|In ancient Egyptian mythology, the God | |(1) What god is this article mostly about? |
|Set was a very powerful god. He can be easily identified on wall | | |
|paintings by his long snout (nose). He was the god of storms and the | |(2) What is Set the God of? |
|desert. He was also a brother of the wise king Osiris. | |(a) |
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|Set was jealous of his brother Osiris and wanted to become the king | | |
|of Egypt. So, he plotted to kill Osiris with a trap: Set made a | |(3) Who was Set's brother? |
|beautiful box and brought it to a feast. Set told everybody at the | | |
|feast that whoever could fit into the box perfectly could have the | |(4) Why was Set jealous? |
|box as a gift. However, Set made the box so that it would only | | |
|perfectly fit his brother Osiris. | |(5) What plan did Set make? |
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|Osiris saw the beautiful box and wanted to have it, so he got into | |(6) What did Set bring to the feast? |
|the box and it fit him perfectly. He smiled and said, "The box is | | |
|mine!" | |(7) Who did Set say he would give the box to? |
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|At that moment, Set put the lid on the box and locked it shut. He | |(8) Who did the box fit? |
|took the box away and threw it in the river. Osiris, who was trapped | | |
|in the box, died and Set became the king of Egypt. | |(9) What did Set do when Osiris was in the box? |
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| | |(10) What happened to Set after Osiris was dead? |
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Ancient Egyptian Myths
|Isis and Osiris: the First Mummy | |Isis and Osiris: the First Mummy |
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|Two of the most important ancient Egyptian gods were Isis and Osiris.| |(1) What two gods is the article mostly about? |
|Osiris was a wise king of Egypt and Isis was his wife. | | |
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|When Osiris's brother Set killed Osiris, cut up his body into 14 | | |
|pieces and threw the pieces into the Nile River, Isis wept. In some | |(3) Who was Isis? |
|stories, the tears of Isis cause the flooding of the Nile River, | | |
|which brings the water and soil needed for growing crops. | |(4) What terrible thing happened to Osiris? |
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|Isis searched far and wide to retrieve the pieces of her dead husband| |(5) What do some stories say the tears of Isis cause? |
|Osiris. The crocodiles left the pieces alone because they respected | | |
|Isis. And so, after a long search, Isis was able to find all of the | |(6) Why are the floods important to Egyptians? |
|pieces except for one, which was eaten by a fish. | | |
| | |(7) What animal didn't eat the pieces of Osiris? |
|Isis sewed the pieces together and wrapped them in bandages. Then she| | |
|used a spell to bring him back to life. And so, Osiris became the | |(8) Why didn't the crocodiles eat the pieces of Osiris? |
|first mummy and his coming back to life, represents the journey to | | |
|the afterlife. | |(9) Did Isis find all of the pieces? |
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|Later, Osiris became the god of the dead. He is often depicted with | |(10) What happened to one of the pieces? |
|green skin (the color of rebirth) and his lower body wrapped in white| | |
|bandages (like a mummy). | |(11) What did Isis do the pieces? |
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| | |(12) What did Osiris become? |
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| | |(13) What does Osiris look like in pictures? |
Ancient Egyptian Myths
|The Revenge of Horus | |The Revenge of Horus |
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|Horus was the ancient Egyptian god of the sky. Sometimes he appears | |(1) What god is this article mostly about? |
|as a falcon and sometimes he appears as a person with the head of a | | |
|falcon. (A falcon is a fast hunting bird that looks like a hawk.) | |(2) What does Horus look like? |
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|Ancient Egyptians said Horus's right eye was the sun and his left eye| |(b) |
|was the moon. As he flew across the sky, the sun and moon moved | | |
|overhead. One story about Horus explains why the moon is not as | |(3) What is a falcon? |
|bright as the sun. This story is called the Battle between Horus and | | |
|Set. | |(4) What did the ancient Egyptians say about Horus's eyes? |
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|Horus was the son of the gods Osiris and Isis. Before Horus was born,| |(5) What does one story about Horus explain? |
|his father Osiris was the king of Egypt. However, another God named | | |
|Set (who was Horus's uncle) killed Horus's father to become King of | |(6) Who does Horus fight? |
|Egypt. | | |
| | |(7) Who were Horus's parents? |
|After Horus grew up his mother convinced him to battle his uncle to | | |
|claim the throne of Egypt. There was a long struggle between Set and | |(8) How did Set become the king of Egypt? |
|Horus, which lasted over 80 years. Although Horus eventually won and | | |
|become King of Egypt, in the battle Set damaged Horus's left eye. The| |(9) What did Horus's mother convince him to do? |
|eye healed but it was never as bright again. | | |
| | |(10) How long did the battle between Horus and Set last? |
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| | |(11) Who won the battle? |
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| | |(12) What happened to Horus's eye? |
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