| abstract | - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia {| cellspacing="5" class="infobox" style="font-size:11px;border-color:rgb(170,170,170);color:black;margin-top:0.5em;margin-right:0px;line-height:1.5em;width:22em;" ! colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;font-size:14px;"|Set |- | colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"|[1] |- | colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"|God of storms, the desert, and chaos |- ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;"|Major cult center | style="vertical-align:top;"|Ombos |- ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;"|Symbol | style="vertical-align:top;"|The wasscepter |- ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;"|Parents | style="vertical-align:top;"|Geb and Nut |- ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;"|Siblings | style="vertical-align:top;"|Osiris, Isis, Nephthys |- ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;"|Consort | style="vertical-align:top;"|Nephthys, Tawaret (in some accounts), Anat, Astarte |} Set ( /sɛt/) or Seth (/sɛθ/; also spelled Setesh, Sutekh, Setekh, or Suty) is a god of thedesert, storms, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. In later myths he is also the god of darkness, and chaos. In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). In Egyptian mythology, Set is portrayed as the usurper that killed and mutilated his own brother Osiris. Osiris' wife Isis reassembled Osiris' corpse and embalmed him. Osiris' sonHorus sought revenge upon Set, and the myths describe their conflicts. The death of Osiris and the battle between Horus and Set is a popular theme in Egyptian mythology. ads not by this site
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