This god supposedly overcame the curse of Ra, allowing Nut to give birth to her five children. Said to have looked after Horus when Isis was bringing him up, this god eventually succeeded Horus atop the throne of Egypt. Alternate stories claim him as the son of Ra, while others say he sprung from the head of Seth. He is best known as the scribe who records the results of t
This god supposedly overcame the curse of Ra, allowing Nut to give birth to her five children. Said to have looked after Horus when Isis was bringing him up, this god eventually succeeded Horus atop the throne of Egypt. Alternate stories claim him as the son of Ra, while others say he sprung from the head of Seth. He is best known as the scribe who records the results of the weighing of the dead in the afterlife; and as a magician and a sage who is generally represented as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon. For 10 points, identify this Egyptian god of wisdom and the moon, sometimes compared with Hermes.
This god supposedly overcame the curse of Ra, allowing Nut to give birth to her five children.
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