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Set (also Setekh, Seth, etc) was originally a god of strength, war, storms, foreign lands and deserts in Egyptian mythology. He protected desert caravans but also caused sandstorms. He was one of the Ennead and a son of Nuit and either Seb or Re. He was usually the husband of Ashtart or Anat (in Semitic mythology ) or the Egyptian goddess Nephthys (with whom he was the father of Anubis). He was closely associated with the god Ash.

Some scholars think he is just the Berber god PoseidonThis article is about the Greek god. See also: Poseidon missile; and Poseidon drowning detection system''. Andrea Doria as Neptune by Agnolo Bronzino: a potent allegory of Genoa's hegemony in the Tyrrhenian Sea In Greek Mythology, Poseidon was the god of.

One of the more common epithets was that he was 'great of strength'. In one of the Pyramid Texts it states that the king's strength is that of Set. The PharaohThis article refers to the historical Pharaoh. For Pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham). Pharaoh Standard Hebrew Paro Tiberian Hebrew Paroh is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. See History of E himself was the heir to the two 'brothers' and united the offices of HorusThis page is about the Egyptian deity. For the fantasy character, see Horus (Warhammer 40,000). Horus (Also Heru-sa-Aset Hrw Hr and Hor-Hekenu is the falcon-headed god of ancient Egyptian mythology. He was the son of Osiris and Isis. the river and land go and Set or of Upper and Lower EgyptIn ancient times the country of Egypt was generally divided into two sections, known as Upper and Lower Egypt . Lower Egypt is to the north and is that part where the Nile delta flows into the Mediterranean Sea. Upper Egypt is to the south from the Libyan.

Seth protected the sunThe Sun (also called Sol is the star in our solar system. Planet Earth orbits the Sun. Other bodies that orbit the Sun include other planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets and dust. Not all objects passing through the solar system have been orbitally capt (Re) as he journeyed through the land of the dead during the night. Most notably, he fought and killed ApepThis article is about the Egyptian demon. For the Stargate SG-1 character, see Apophis (Stargate). Egyptian deity wards off the snake-like Apep In Egyptian mythology, Apep (called Apophis by the Greeks) was an evil demon that represented darkness and chao, the evil serpent of darkness who attacked Re each night.

Later, when his brother OsirisThis article is about the god. There is also an extrasolar planet named Osiris and an astronomical instrument called OSIRIS Osiris (also Usiris is the Egyptian god of Death and the Afterworld. He is one of the most important of the Ancient Egyptian deitie became a much more important god, Set gradually became thought of as his opposite. A new myth cycle developed in which Set kills Osiris in their struggles and spred out the pices over Egypt (see Legend of Osiris and IsisThe legend of Osiris, Isis, Horus and Set is one of the most powerful in Egyptian mythology. Osiris taught men how to farm the land and make wine and he was much loved by the people. Set was envious of his brother and so conspired to kill him. He secretly), so he became the god of evil.

He was also seen to be in contrast to Horus, who was a god of the sky, so his breath was responsible for the worms. Metal ore was called the "bones of Set" because they came from the ground. In the 3rd millennium BC, Seth (replacing Horus) became the patron god of the pharaohs, but as the story of Set's murder of his brother became popular, Horus was switched back.

Set is sometimes incorrectly thought of as being a jackal-headed god. He is depicted as having square ears, a forked tail and a curved snout. Some people believe the animal represented was an aardvark, a type of pig, or another as-yet-unidentified beast. In addition to the already mentioned animals, Set was associated with gazelles, donkeys, crocodiles and hippopotami.

The Greeks later linked Set with Typhon because both were evil forces that attacked the main gods, though they are not otherwise very similar. After Egypt's conquest by the Persian ruler Cambyses II, Set became associated with foreigners and particularly foreign oppressors, including the Achaemenid Persians, Romans, and Jews.