![]() Since he is related to the west of Nile which is the Sahara, he is sometimes associated with a lesser deity, Ha, god of the desert, which is a deity depicted as a man with a desert determinative on his head. In ancient Egyptian astronomy, Set was commonly associated with the planet Mercury. Horus sought revenge upon Set and many of the ancient Egyptian myths describe their conflicts. The resurrection lasted long enough to conceive his son and heir, Horus. Osiris's sister-wife, Isis, reassembled his corpse and resurrected her dead brother-husband with the help of the goddess Nephthys. In the Osiris myth, the most important Egyptian myth, Set is portrayed as the usurper who murdered and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. : 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). : 269 Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his barque to repel Apep, the serpent of Chaos. : 269 In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). Set ( / s ɛ t/ Egyptological: Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ or Greek: Seth / s ɛ θ/) is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SetĪnubis, Wepwawet, Serket, Sobek and Maga For other uses, see Set (disambiguation). For the figure from the works of Jane Roberts, see Seth Material. For the third son of Adam and Eve, see Seth. This article is about the Egyptian deity. ![]()
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