03: Horus vs Seth
The History of Egypt
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The Battle of Seth
Seth claimed victory by right of sexual dominance. Horus threw Seth's semen away into the marshes, and gathered his own semen into a pot. They then took Horus's semen to the garden which belonged to Seth. There they placed it on lettuces in order that Seth would eat them. As a result, Seth became pregnant with the semen of Horus. The contest was clear, Horus had dominated Seth sexually, not the other way around. I emphasise this sexual contest for an important reason: To start getting a sense of some of the ancient Egyptians' morals and sexual customs. Once their society was inherently patriarchal, particularly in politics, they prized the masculine traits as more suitable quote unquote
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