Set the Egyptian God of Chaos, Storms and War

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Kelly Macquire
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published on 03 April 2022

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Set, also known as Seth and Suetekh, was one of the five gods born of Geb, the earth and Nut, the sky, after the creation of the universe. Set was the god of war, chaos, violence, confusion, the desert and storms and was the brother to Osiris, Isis and Horus the elder, brother-husband to Nephthys and uncle to Horus the Younger, the son of Osiris and Isis. Set is well attested to in the early history of Ancient Egypt, and in the Old Kingdom pyramid texts, he appears very frequently.

After Osiris became the Lord of the Dead, the seat for the ruler of the living was up for grabs and there were two gods who wanted the job: Set and his nephew Horus. The story which is known as The Contendings of Horus and Set survives to us today from an Egyptian manuscript from the 20th dynasty and it recounts the eighty year battle over who is the rightful king of Egypt. Set began as a god who protected Ra against the serpent Apophis to make sure the sun would rise the next day, but by the New Kingdom he had transformed into a god that was basically evil and stood for all the things Egypt feared and hated like chaos, drought, destruction, and foreign invasion and influence.

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— CHAPTERS —
0:00​ Introduction
0:55 Who is the Egyptian God Set?
4:11 Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, Set, and Horus
7:28 The Contendings of Horus and Set
10:15 The Role and Worship of Set
11:59 Outro

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Set https://www.worldhistory.org/Set_(Egyptian_God)/
Ancient Egyptian Religion https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Religion/
Ancient Egyptian Mythology https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Mythology/
Nephthys https://www.worldhistory.org/Nephthys/
Isis https://www.worldhistory.org/isis/
Horus https://www.worldhistory.org/Horus/
Osiris https://www.worldhistory.org/osiris/
Egyptian Gods - The Complete List https://www.worldhistory.org/article/885/egyptian-gods—the-complete-list/

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About the Author

Kelly Macquire
Kelly is a graduate from Monash University who has completed her BA (Honours) in Ancient History and Archaeology, focussing on iconography and status in Pylos burials. She has a passion for mythology and the Aegean Bronze Age.

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