Understanding the Forsaken God of Egyptians.
SET (Seth) was the malevolent sibling of the Egyptian gods Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys . Set, the son of the soil deity Geb and the sky goddess Nut , tore himself away from his mother's body before he could completely develop. As a result, he employed animal parts to make up his body. Set was associated with various animals, including the pig, donkey, scorpion, antelope, hippopotamus, and crocodile. The name Seth , also known as Satet , represents strength as well as chaos, devastation, confusion, wickedness, rage, and storms. Seth was dreaded by both mankind and gods because he murdered Osiris , but his nature was complicated, and at other points in Egyptian history, he was adored as the savior of the Solar Barque of Ra. Set , who was once revered as a sky and storm god, had one of Egypt's earliest cults. Each day, he journeyed across the sky in the great god Ra's sun ship; each night, as he traveled through the underworld, he slew the mighty serpent Aapep to defend...