Set (deity)
| Set | ||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Lord of Libya | |||||||||||||||
| Name in hieroglyphs | ||||||||||||||||
| Major cult center | Ombos, Avaris, Sepermeru | |||||||||||||||
| Symbol | Was-sceptre, Set animal | |||||||||||||||
| Enemy | Horus | |||||||||||||||
| Genealogy | ||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Geb, Nut | |||||||||||||||
| Siblings | Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, Horus the Elder | |||||||||||||||
| Consort | Nephthys, Neith, Anat, and Astarte | |||||||||||||||
| Offspring | Anubis (disputed), Sobek (in some accounts) and Maga | |||||||||||||||
| Equivalents | ||||||||||||||||
| Greek | Typhon | |||||||||||||||
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Set (/sɛt/; Egyptological: Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ or: Seth /sɛθ/) is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion.: 269 In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). Set had a positive role where he accompanied Ra on his barque to repel Apep (Apophis), the serpent of Chaos.: 269 Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant.: 269 He was lord of the Red Land (desert), where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the Black Land (fertile land).: 269
In the Osiris myth, the most important Egyptian myth, Set is portrayed as the usurper who murdered and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. Osiris's sister-wife, Isis, reassembled his corpse and resurrected her dead brother-husband with the help of the goddess Nephthys. The resurrection lasted long enough to conceive his son and heir, Horus. Horus sought revenge upon Set, and many of the ancient Egyptian myths describe their conflicts.