Set (Egyptian God)

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Definition

Set, also known as Seth and Suetekh, was the Egyptian god of war, chaos, and storms, brother of Osiris, Isis, and Horus the Elder, uncle to Horus the Younger, and brother-husband to Nephthys. His other consort was the goddess Tawaret, a hippo-headed deity who presided over fertility and childbirth.

More about: Set (Egyptian God)

Timeline

  • c. 3150 BCE - c. 2613 BCE
    Set is worshiped as a hero-god during Early Dynastic Period of Egypt.
  • 1570 BCE - 1069 BCE
    Set is firmly associated with the Osiris Myth as murderer and usurper during the New Kingdom Period in Egypt.
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