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Set stẖ

Also written Seth and Sutekh.

Set, A man with the head of an unidentified animal: curved snout, square ears
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God of
Storm, disorder and the desert
Recognised by
A man with the head of an unidentified animal: curved snout, square ears
Chief cult centre
Ombos

Egyptian sources give Set a complex role. He murders Osiris and contends with Horus, and he also stands in Ra's boat each night killing the serpent that would stop the sun. His reputation darkened in later periods; earlier temples honoured him as a powerful and necessary god.

Egyptian sources What Egyptians wrote, on walls, coffins and papyri. What that means

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