Set/Seth/Suetekh
Egyptian God of the Desert, Storms, Disorder, Violence, War, Chaos, Fire, Trickery, Envy, Storms and Foreigners
Set, also known as Seth and Suetekh was the brother of Osiris, Isis and Horus the Elder, uncle to Horuc the Younger, and Brother-Husband to Nephthys. His other consort was the goddess Tawaret, a hippo-headed deity who presided over fertility and childbirth. He is one of the first five gods created by the union of Geb (Earth) and Nut (Sky) after the creation of the world. His name is usually translated as "Instigator of confusion" and "Destroyer" and he was associated with Disorder, Foreign Lands and People, and the color red.
He is sometimes depicted as a red-haired beast with a forked tail and cloven hooves or a shaggy red dog-like beast known as a sha (or, to modern-day scholars, as the Set Animal) which some scholars claim was modeled on the Saluki breed while others maintain was a purely mythological creature. Imagined speciffically to represent Set whose other symbols were The Griffin, Hippopotamus, Crocodile, and Tortoise (Though he was primarily associated with the serpent). Other Names He was often called were "Lord of the Desert" and "Ruler of the South" as he was originally a god of Upper Egypt (the south) and the barren lands beyond Egypts borders.
Colours: Red, Black and Gold
|Symbolism of Set - Historical & Personal|
Jackels
Donkey
Dog
Pig
Scorpion
Turtles
Snakes
Nehes
Crocodile
Was-Scepter
Storms
Red Sand
|Epithets|
aA hmhmt = He with the great roar
aA pHty = He with great strength; two-fold strength (Budge)
aA pHty m HAt wiA =He with great power at the tip of the barque
aHAwy = Warrior
bwt =detest, abomination
dSr faA =He with red hair
Hry ib xt = He who is in the middle of fire
Htp Hr awn = He who is pleased with cheating
ii m nSni r sn.f =Who comes with rage of the storm at his brother
imy snkt= Who is in the dark
mkHA hpw = He who neglects the law
mrS inm = He with light red skin
mry stX = beloved of Set/Sutekh (till XIXth Dyn Kings called themselves, as a beneficial god, and one whose favor was sought after by the living and Β by the dead) (Budge)
nbD = The destructive onenb DSrt = Lord of the Desert
nfr n ra = Beautiful child of Ra
nSni = Rage of the storm
sdA n.f pt = Before he the sky trembles Β
sxr aApp = Who overthrows Apep
TAy = The Male
wDa = he who is judged (epithet of Seth)
wd nSni = Who creates rage
wd Snn = Who inflicts illness/ pain
wh(i)-sp.f =Unsuccessful
wr HkAw = Great of magic π
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¨πππππ« (Ritner)
wr Sfyt = He of great respect
wsr xpS.f = He with the mighty arm
xAst.f= he of the foreign land, desert
xfty n Hr(w) = The enemy of Horu/Horus
XAXAt(i) = The storm
|Offerings|
Biscuits, Wheat Bread, Barley, Flat Bread, Millet, Oat, Sour Dough, Small Cakes, Wheat, Beer, Barley Beer, Honey Mead, Almond Milk, Milk, Cream, Water, Red Wine, Beef, Chicken, Duck, MeatFat, Fish, Goat, Hen, Lamb, Mutton, Sheep, Wild Game, Almonds, Blackeye Pea, Fava Bean, Corn Nut, Fruit Seeds, Lima Bean, Lotus Seed, Lima Bean, Pistachio, Walnut, Red Fruit/Veggies, Goat Cheese, Grain Cereal, Honey, Coriander, Red Salt, Acacia, Cherry, Red Wood, Red Flowers, Nightshade, Red Gems, Bloodstone,
NO PORK/SEASALT
Invocation:
Oh he with the great roar
Who is upon the rage of the storm
Who created the storms
He of great power to destroy his enemies
Destroyer of the damned one (Apep)
Protect me as you do Ra from Apep
Oh great red one
Who are great of magic
Before he the sky trembles
Prayer to Set:
I am the storm of above and below
He who makes the dark sky glow
The lord of strength and of great power
I who make the mighty cower
Hear me as I make the sky quake
As I guard the world from a beastly snake
Hear he who does not stay still
For it's my role I will fulfill
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