| Columbia Encyclopedia. 2001-2008. | | | | Set, in Egyptian religion |
| | or Seth (both: s t or s t) (KEY) , in Egyptian religion, god of evil. Set was a sun god of predynastic Egypt, but he gradually degenerated from being a beneficent deity into being a god of evil and darkness. In a widespread Egyptian myth he murdered his brother Osiris and was in turn defeated by Horus, the son of Osiris. The Greeks identified Set with Typhon. | | |
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