They Fought
Soon the sides were bigger. Most of Osiris' relatives were with him, but some were'nt [sic]. For instance, Geb, Osiris' father, and Nut, his mother, were'nt [sic] on his side. They had always feared Set. But Tefnut and Shu, his aunt and uncle, were with him. And Taurt joined Set's side, and Ra joined Khnum's side. Now it was like this:
Set's Side
Set
Anubis
Horus
Osiris
Isis
Bastet
Nephthys
Tefnut
Shu
Taurt
Khnum's Side
Khnum
Thoth
Sobek
Sakhmet
Hathor
Nehebka
Amon
Geb
Nut
Ra
[Note--again, these two teams in the original text are side by side, lined up as two columns of eleven rows each (including the title row).]
Animals joining Set's side were: bull, hippo, crocodile, hyena, half of the dragons, amemit, demon, gargoyle, devil, and yeenoghu [sic], a strange demon. [Note--"Yeenoghu" should probably be capitalized since I think it's a proper name taken from Dungeons & Dragons. I used him as a character in the original Horus, I believe. As with many things, I considered the name a generic.] On Khnum's side were: falcon, zebra, elephant, giraffe, half of the dragons, satyr, unicorn, pegasus, griffon, and phoenix. Then came Set's leucrotta and devil dog, and Khnum's hippogriff and roc. [Note--nowadays I spell them "gryphon" and "hippogryph." To me a "griffon" is a dog...like Lucifer!] (Set--cobra, Khnum--vulture) [Note--it looks like this addition formerly read, "Set--vulture, Khnum--cobra"--I had difficulty deciding which should be evil!]
Now the arguments were tremendous. Hyenas and falcons, who used to be friends, now tried to hurt each other. And amemits and satyrs, who used to frolic together, now clawed and pawed each other.
Egypt was all chaos. No one liked each other. Set's side was referred to as "the traitors" and Khnum's side was called "the pessimists."
Sobek still guarded the doorway, and Osiris still acted as king, and Bast kept listening to her music, and Hathor still complained, but nothing was the same.
It was all Set's fault.
[Illustration: A crown. Text reads: "Egyptian Uraeus crown--this was worn by Hetephras, Cheops' mother."]
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