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Set, God of Storms, Slayer of Apep, Equal to and Rival of Horus

Caroline Seawright

November 5, 2001

July 1, 2013

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Image © Javacurls Set (Seth, Setekh, Sut, Sutekh, Suty) was one of ancient Egypt's earliest gods. He was a god of chaos, confusion, storms, wind, the desert and foreign lands. In the Osiris legends, he was a contender to the throne of Osiris and rival to Horus, yet he was a companion of the sun god Ra. Originally, Set was worshipped and seen as an ambivalent being, but during the Third Intermediate Period the people vilified him and turned him into a god of evil.