UNIQUE tendance Statue Antiquité Égyptienne Ancienne Egyptienne Seth Egyptien Dieu des Tempêtes

A Simplified Historical Overview OfSeth

Set is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. In Ancient Greek, the gods name is given as Sēth. Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his barque to repel Apep, the serpent of Chaos.  Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant.  He was lord of the Red Land (desert), where he was the balance to Horus role as lord of the Black Land (fertile land). In the Osiris myth, the most important Egyptian myth, Set is portrayed as the usurper who murdered and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. Osiriss sister-wife, Isis, reassembled his corpse and 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. In ancient Egyptian astronomy, Set was commonly associated with the planet Mercury.