When her son came to maturity Isis had to fight serious in the law-court of the gods for the prize of his fitting inheritance of the Egyptian throne. In this respect she uncovers her true nature as clever of tongue and perseverance against obstructions put in her way by the almost powerful gods. The Broad Hall of Geb is the scene for the litigation between Gods Horus and Seth, the proceeding of which are saved on a papyrus dating to twentieth dynasty. An base motif in the account is the kinship between Isis and God Seth, her brother. The blood-bond is, on one function, strong enough to soften the goddesss answer on behalf of her son. When God Isis has harpooned God Seth, who is in the form of a hippopotamus, he collections to her in the name of their blood kinship and she releases the barb from his flesh. However, this is only a shortened lapse. Two episodes will exemplify how Isis, by her cunning and skill in magic, humiliates Seth in advance of the gods presiding at the court.
