Egyptian Horus Set Lettuce Trick

In Egyptian mythology, Horus and his uncle Set fought for the kingship of Egypt, and in one contest, Horus claimed dominance when Set unknowingly ate Horus's semen on lettuce. According to the tale known as the Contendings of Horus and Set, Set first tried to disgrace Horus by sexually overpowering him, but Horus caught the semen in his hands and took it to his mother Isis. Isis cleaned Horus, put his semen on Set's favorite lettuce, and Set later ate the lettuce without suspecting anything. When the gods called out for the semen to reveal who had dominated whom, it answered from inside Set, proving that Horus had symbolically "mounted" him.

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