Editing Set (deity) (section)

{{short description|Egyptian god of the desert, storms, violence, and foreigners}}
{{about|the Egyptian deity|the third son of Adam and Eve|Seth||Set (disambiguation)|and|Seth (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Set
| image = Set.svg
| enemy = [[Horus]]
| hiero = <hiero>s t:S E20 </hiero> or <hiero>sw-W-t:X-E20-A40</hiero> or <hiero>s-t:S</hiero> or <hiero>z:t:X</hiero>
| cult_center = [[Naqada|Ombos]], [[Avaris]], [[Sepermeru]]
| symbol = [[Was-sceptre]], [[Set animal]]
| parents = [[Geb]], [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]]
| siblings = [[Osiris]], [[Isis]], [[Nephthys]], [[Horus the Elder]]
| consort = [[Nephthys]], [[Neith]], [[Anat]], and [[Astarte]]
| offspring = [[Anubis]] (disputed),<ref>Doxey, Denise (2001). ''Anubis''. In: In D. Redford, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Vol. I.Oxford: Oxford University Press. p.98.</ref> [[Sobek]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.museumofmythology.com/Egypt/sobek.htm | title=Sobek from Ancient Egypt }}</ref> (in some accounts) and Maga<ref name=Ritner-1984>{{cite journal |last=Ritner |first=Robert K. |year=1984 |title=A uterine amulet in the Oriental Institute collection |journal=Journal of Near Eastern Studies |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=209–221|doi=10.1086/373080 |pmid=16468192 |s2cid=42701708 }}</ref>
| greek_equivalent = [[Typhon]]
| other_names = Lord of [[Ancient Libya | Libya]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wainwright |first=Gerald Averay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aho9AAAAIAAJ&dq=amun+libya&pg=PA91 |title=The Sky-religion in Egypt: Its Antiquity and Effects |date=1938 |publisher=CUP Archive |language=en}}</ref>
}}
{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}

'''Set''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ɛ|t}}; [[Egyptian language#Egyptological pronunciation|Egyptological]]: '''''Sutekh''' - swtẖ ~ stẖ''{{efn|Also transliterated '''Seth''', '''Setesh''', '''Sutekh''', '''Seteh''', '''Setekh''', or '''Suty'''. Sutekh appears, in fact, as a god of Hittites in the treaty declarations between the Hittite kings and [[Ramses II|Ramses&nbsp;II]] after the battle of Qadesh. Probably '''Seteh''' is the lection (reading) of a god honoured by the Hittites, the "Kheta", afterward assimilated to the local Afro-Asiatic Set.<ref name=Sayce-nd-Hittites/><ref name=Budge-nd-HstEgy/>}} or: '''Seth''' {{IPAc-en|s|ɛ|θ}}) is a [[deity|god]] of [[desert]]s, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in [[ancient Egyptian religion]].<ref name="oxford">{{cite encyclopedia|author=Herman Te Velde |title=Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt|chapter=Seth |year=2001|volume=3}}</ref>{{rp|269}} In [[Ancient Greek]], the god's name is given as {{lang|grc-latn|Sēth}} ({{lang|grc-Grek|Σήθ|italic=no}}). Set had a positive role where he accompanied [[Ra]] on his [[solar barque|barque]] to repel [[Apep]] (Apophis), the serpent of Chaos.<ref name="oxford"/>{{rp|269}} Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant.<ref name="oxford"/>{{rp|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).<ref name="oxford"/>{{rp|269}}

In the [[Osiris myth]], the most important [[Egyptian mythology|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 [[resurrection|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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Strudwick|first=Helen|title=The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4351-4654-9|location=New York|pages=124–125}}</ref>