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A prince was frightened into returning a borrowed sculpture of this deity after dreaming of a golden falcon flying towards Egypt. The Coffin Texts describe this fierce deity burning hearts with rage, and this deity assists Shezmu by removing the entrails of other gods in the Cannibal Hymn. The Bentresh Stela recounts how this deity healed the demon-possessed princess of Bakhtan. Like Horus, this “traveler” deity was very popularly depicted with a sidelock (-5[1])as a child, or as a falcon-headed man. Either Thoth or this deity was identified with the (*) baboon perched atop the scales during the weighing of the heart. At Karnak, this deity and his parents, Mut and Amun, were worshiped as the Theban Triad. Intercalary (10[1])days allowing Nut to give birth were created from light gambled away by this deity. For 10 points, name this (10[1])Egyptian god of the moon. ■END■ (0[1])

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