Set
A dog-headed Egyptian god.
↻ synthesized from 49 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egyptian religion.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tikbalang, Tumburu, Varaha, Zhu Bajie, Pontos, Hapi, Serqet, Re-Horakhte, Herishef, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Inanna, Dumuzi, Ningishzida, Ereshkigal, Khenty-Amentiu, Tepy-djuef, Neb-ta-djeser, Mut, Neferhotep, Ihy, Tasenetnofret, Panebtawy, Andjety, Iah, Horus the Younger, Ptah-Seker, Ptah-Seker-Osiris, Seker-Osiris, Eros, Harpocrates, Heru-pa-Khered, Bubastis, Heka, Hu, Mehen, Bast, Baphomet, Valkyrie, Eve, Khem, Al-Uzza, Sia, Meretseger, Ogdoad, Khonshu, Kumarbi, Baal Zephon, Nut, Imentet, Shai, Four sons of Horus, Naunet, Shepsy, Unut, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Horus the Elder, Ra-Atum, Re-Horakhty, seven minor scorpion deities, Babi, Ennead, Sobek-Ra, Horus, Min, Apis, Amun, Atum, Shu, Khepri, Ptah, Sobek, Bes, Onuris, Bennu, Montu, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Geb, Ma'at, Im-ho-tep, Eye of Ra, Neith, Renenutet, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Hapy, Imsety, Sendjet, Khonshu, Blaze, Zehuti, Heru, Aton, Hathor, pillar of djed, Seker, Tutankhamun, Wepwawet, Thoth, Dark Spirit, Amentep, Naneferkaptah, Yahweh, El, Minotaur, Cynocephalus, Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Maahes, Pakhet, Sekhmet, Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Bastet, Serapis, Aphrodite, Satan, Bat, Hecate, Diana, Lilith, Baalshamin, Tefnut, Arensnuphis, Sebiumeker, Khnum, Aten, Aker, Ištar, Artemis (Diana), Amon
- manifests as
- Baal
- enemy of
- Yam, Ra, Anubis, Re-Horakhty, Heru-Behdeti, Apophis, Nehmetawy, Osiris, Isis, sons of Horus, Horus, Nephthys, The Thing That Cries In The Night, Apep, Haroeris, Eye of Horus
- aspect of
- Geb
- parent of
- Maga
- serves
- Ra
- manifested by
- Typhon, Geb, Set animal
Mentioned by
- Yahweh
- El
- Minotaur
- Cynocephalus
- Daksha
- Ganesha
- Hayagriva
- Horse-Face
- Keibu Keioiba
- Maahes
- Pakhet
- Sekhmet
- Nandi
- Narasimha
- Ox-Head
- Penghou
and 34 more
Sources
Source passages
“Set – A dog-headed Egyptian god.”
#4724 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In many versions of the story, Horus and Set divide the realm between them. This division can be equated with any of several fundamental dualities that the Egyptians saw in their world. Horus may receive the fertile lands around the Nile, the core of Egyptian civilization, in which case Set takes the barren desert”
#9572 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Ramesside pharaohs were particularly devoted to Set's prerogatives...the temple of Nephthys was a specific foundation by Ramesses II, located in close proximity to (or within) the precinct of the enclosure of Set”
#11354 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In another myth, Wadjet was said to be the nurse of the infant god Horus. With the help of his mother Isis, they protected Horus from his treacherous uncle, Set, when they took refuge in the swamps of the Nile Delta.”
#11509 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In ancient Egyptian religion, the cultural achievements of Osiris among the peoples of the earth provokes the envy of his brother Set, who kills and dismembers him.”
#14060 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001