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Seth

deity sky ancient Egypt corroborated · 20

Seth is the patron of Upper Egypt. He battled Horus for control of Egypt, but was ultimately defeated when the gods sided with Horus. In the struggle, Set lost a testicle.

↻ synthesized from 20 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested from Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets onward.

Relationships

co occurs with
nfr ḥr.w, Eye of Horus, Wadjet, Nemty, Mut, Eye of Ra, Ipet, Dea Gravida, Astaphaios, Yao, Sabaoth, Adonaios, Elaios, Horaios, Iao, Saklas, Eloiein, Elilaios, Ptah, Bast, Sophia, Eleleth, Noah, Shem, Shu, Nehebkau, Renenutet, Neith, Banebdjedet, Ram of Mendes, Kherty, Hemtet, Iqeru, Jagw, Ennead, Wadjyt, Scarab, Taweret, Hathor, Yaldabaoth, David, Eve, Tefnut, Aker, Ra, Khepri, angels, demons, Seraphim
enemy of
Kherty, Osiris, Horus, Thoth, Apophis
sibling of
Norea, Isis, Nephthys
syncretized with
Typhon, Baʽal Zephon, Yahweh
served by
inmetjw
child of
Adam, Geb, Nut
consort of
Horaia

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Mentioned by

and 4 more

Sources

wikipedia (19)
  1. Horus
  2. Nemty
  3. Taweret
  4. Kherty
  5. Pharaoh (video game)
  6. Banebdjedet
  7. Geb
  8. Archon (Gnosticism)
  9. Norea
  10. Yaldabaoth
  11. Baal-zephon
  12. Aker (deity)
  13. Nebu
  14. The Contendings of Horus and Seth
  15. Horus name
  16. Temple of Edfu
  17. Djed
  18. Scarab (Nedor Comics)
  19. Sepermeru
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Adam in Early Christian Liturgy and Literature (Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)) (1913)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“In this tale, it was said that Seth, the patron of Upper Egypt, and Horus, the patron of Lower Egypt, had battled for Egypt brutally, with neither side victorious, until eventually, the gods sided with Horus. As Horus was the ultimate victor he became known as ḥr.w or "Horus the Great", but more usually translated as "Horus the Elder"”

#9563 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Nemty appears in the tale The Contendings of Horus and Seth which describes the settlement of the inheritance of Osiris, seen as a metaphor for the conquest of Lower Egypt by Upper Egypt (whose patron was Seth), at the beginning of the Old Kingdom.”

#10230 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The latter image represents the Big Dipper and is associated with the Egyptian god of chaos, Seth.”

#11428 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“He also protected the deceased against various demons (named inmetjw in the texts) sent by Seth.”

#14443 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The game has five gods to appease, who each focus on a different aspect of the city – Ra (the kingdom), Bast (the home), Osiris (agriculture), Ptah (industry) and Seth (warfare).”

#17939 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001