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Bastet uses this stuff to create turquoise in a myth derived from her worship in Bubastis. Participants waking up to drums symbolized an end to wanting this stuff during the Tekh festival. Two Persea trees grown from this stuff speak to Bata's former wife in the Tale of Two Brothers. The Papyrus of (10[1])Ani details Sia and Hu being born from this stuff. At birth, the Ib was believed to be made from this stuff, which sometimes names Isis' tyet (tee-ET) amulet. After believing this stuff to be three hands deep at Dendera, Ptah's (puh-TAHZ) wife left for Nubia in the Distant Goddess myth. (-5[1])Beer resembling this stuff was used to lull (10[2])the (10[1])Eye of Ra (10[2])to sleep. As guardians of the (10[1])Nile, Hapi and Khnum are sometimes theorized to have been targeted by the first biblical plague turning water into (10[1])this stuff. For 10 points, name this substance thirsted for by the lioness (10[1])Sekhmet (SEK-met). ■END■

ANSWER: blood
<Sean Farrell , Mythology - Egyptian>
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