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Osiris,
(a tall, handsome, charismatic man) succeeded his father
Geb as the reigning power of Egypt when Geb retired
into the heavens. He married his sister, the beautiful
Isis, when he became king. He civilized the Egyptians,
persuaded them to give up cannibalism, and taught them
farming, and the pleasures of music, and provided them
a legal code to live by. He then left Egypt to civilize
the rest of the world. While he was gone, his evil brother
Set, who was as ugly as he was evil, and who hated his
handsome brother because of it and because Osiris had
fathered a child with Set's wife, Nephthys (another
sister!) gathered many allies and planned how to kill
Osiris.
Upon the return of Osiris, Set hosted a banquet ostensibly
to honor his brother's successful venture. After much
food and much wine, Set had a beautifully ornate chest
brought into the room and said it would go to the person
who best fit within it. When it was Osiris' turn and
he climbed in, Set and his toadies slammed the lid shut
and welded it tight with lead. Osiris suffocated, the
chest was thrown into the Nile, and Set became king
of Egypt. (This is a myth! The story doesn't end here!)
Once there was a monster, named Kammapa, that devoured
humans. Eventually the only person left in the world
was an old woman who had fearfully gone into hiding
when she saw what was happening. One day, without the
aid of a man, she gave birth to a boy-child who was
adorned with amulets. She named her son Lituolone in
honor of her god. By nightfall the boy was full-grown.
He asked his mother where the other people were, and
being told of Kammapa, grabbed a knife and went forward
to fight it.
The monster swallowed him in one gulp; finding himself
unharmed in the beast's stomach, Lituolone used his
knife to cut his way out. In tearing apart the beast's
entrails he allowed thousands of human beings to escape
with him. The world was repopulated again.
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