Taweret was bound to Set as his consort, the fearsome hippopotamus goddess yoked to the lord of storms and chaos.
Taweret helped protect the infant Horus after his birth in the Delta marshes, her terrifying hippopotamus form driving away Set's agents who sought to destroy the divine child before he could claim his father's throne.
Taweret turned against her consort Set and joined the forces of Horus, the hippopotamus goddess wielding her ferocity against the lord of chaos she once stood beside.
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