Set God

Set God. Set (Seth Setekh Sut Sutekh Sety) was one of the most ancient of the Egyptian gods and the focus of worship since the Predynastic Period As part of the Ennead of Heliopolis he was the son of Nut and Geb and the brother of Osiris Horus the elder Isis and Nephthys Set was a storm god associated with strange and frightening events such as eclipses thunderstorms and earthquakes.

OverviewGods of Egypt (2016)Powers & AbilitiesSet is the god of the desert storms disorder violence and the main antagonist in Gods of Egypt played by Gerard Butler Set arrived at the coronation of his nephew Horus who was to be crowned king by Osiris He brought him a hunting horn as a gift and when it was blown into the sound brought forth Set&#39s army The army covered the mortals while Set demanded to fight his brother for the throne of Egypt Osiris refused and Set impaled him with his knife leaving Horus to battle his uncle Despite the power Horus possessed Set managed to gain the upper hand by blinding his nephew with the sun reflecting off his shi Powers Transformation Being one of three gods displaying the power of transformation Set demonstrated the ability to transform into a massive black Jackalheaded humanoid with red eyes and dark gold highlights Superhuman Durability Set is known as a warrior and even as a god he can take several direct hits and withstand the pain This is demonstrated in both his human form and godly form Set is immune to the effects of mortal weapons however could be injured by weapons of divine nature P.

Set (deity) Wikipedia

Mythical Origins & The Murder of OsirisIsis & Osiris&#39 RebirthThe Contendings of Horus & SetThe Transformation of SetThe Role of SetThe first five gods of Egypt were born of the union of the brother and sister gods Geb (earth) and Nut (sky) after the creation of the world by Atum Osiris was the firstborn then Isis Set Nephthys and Horus (known as Horus the Elder) As firstborn Osiris was elevated as ruler of the world which to the Egyptians meant the land of Egypt Osiris found the newlycreated people to be barbarous and uncivilized and so gave them culture taught them agriculture provided them with laws and instructed them in the proper ways to worship the gods Osiris took his sister Isis as his wife and she bestowed on humans her gifts of compassion and equality for all The world was a paradise where everyone man and woman was equal under the reign of the royal couple food was abundant and no one suffered any want Set grew jealous of Osiris&#39 power and resented his success His resentment grew more bitter after his wife Nephthys attracted by Osiris&#39 beauty disguised herself as Isis and se Isis went in search of her missing husband and finally came to Byblos where she endeared herself to the king and queen and became nursemaid to their young sons As usual when Isis walked among human beings she was disguised as an elder woman and no one at court knew they were dealing with a goddess Isis became fond of the younger son Dictys and tried to make him immortal by burning away his mortal qualities in a magical fire One night when the queen interrupted Isis at this work she was horrified and screamed startling Isis who threw off her disguise and revealed her true identity The king and queen were terrified and promised her anything she wanted if she would only spare them Isis asked for the tamarisk pillar which they quickly gave her She freed Osiris from the tree and brought him back to Egypt where she hid his body in the swampy marshes of the Nile Delta while she went off to gather herbs to revive him Worried that Set might discover the body she asked her sis An Egyptian manuscript from the 20th Dynasty (11901077 BCE) tells the much older story of the battle for control of the world between Horus son of Osiris and his uncle Set The story known as The Contendings of Horus and Set is the account of the legal battle before the gods over who is the rightful king of Egypt Horus and Set both present their cases and then must prove themselves in a series of contests and battles which are all won by Horus who in the end is proclaimed king The Contendings of Horus and Setis only one version of what happened after Horus was born and Osiris descended to the underworld Other myths describe how Isis hid her child from Set in the swamps of the Nile Delta as Set searched for the boy to murder him The popular tale of Isis and the Seven Scorpions is set during this time and depicts Isis going out at night to local towns to beg for food for herself and her son There are other stories and legends concerning Horus&#39 youth and Isis&#39 care for him From the New Kingdom onward Set was regarded as the villain according to the above myth (with different variations) but as noted was not always so In the Early Dynastic Period Peribsen the sixth king of the Second Dynasty (c 2890 c 2670 BCE) chose Set rather than Horus as his patron god Osiris was seen as the first king but following his death and resurrection was no longer lord of the earth Horus as his rightful heir held that title and so Egyptian kings from the Early Dynastic Period onward identified themselves with Horus and claimed the protection of Isis as representatives of her son on earth When the pharaohdied then he was identified with Osiris in the realm of the dead It is quite interesting then that Peribsen should have chosen to align himself with Set rather than Horus Although the story of Set&#39s murder of Osiris does not gain full momentum until later in history Osiris&#39 name and an early version of the story appears in the Fifth Dynasty (2498 By the time of RamessesII the Osiris myth was well known and Set had been transformed from a god of love protector and hero into the villain who stood for everything the Egyptians feared and hated disorder chaos waste drought famine destruction hunger and foreign invasion/influence He must still have had some resonant associations with his former role as a protector god for Ramesses II to have elevated him to such a degree but the cult of Osiris and Isis was so widespread by this time it is difficult to understand how Worship of Set and Horus had developed from the time of Peribsen so that by Ramesses II&#39s time Horus was associated with Lower Egypt (the north) and Set with Upper Egypt (the south) and inscriptions of the crowning of the king would show both Set and Horus officiating at the regnal ceremony In time however Set became so closely identified as the villainous murderer and usurper that he was replaced in these inscriptions by Thoth god of writing and wi Occupation Author & Researcher.

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Set was the son of Geb and Nut the gods of the earth and sky respectively He had a number of prominent siblings namely Osiris Isis Nephthysand Haroeris He also consorted with Nephthys as a lover along with Anat Astarteand Taweret His sole child was Anubis the dogheaded god whose mother was Nephthys.