Set

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Set is an ancient Egyptian god associated primarily with chaos, storms, and disorder, often depicted as the adversary of his brother Osiris and the rival of Horus.

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AI-generated illustration of Set

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Set (Set is an ancient Egyptian god associated primarily with chaos, storms, and disorder, often depicted as the adversary of his brother Osiris and the rival of Horus.)

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Set canonical 37

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian god ⓘ
deity of chaos ⓘ
desert god ⓘ
storm god ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration Setekh ⓘ
Setesh ⓘ
Sutekh ⓘ
animalAssociation Set animal ⓘ
crocodile ⓘ
donkey ⓘ
hippopotamus ⓘ
pig ⓘ
associatedWith chaos ⓘ
conflict ⓘ
deserts ⓘ
disorder ⓘ
foreign lands ⓘ
storms ⓘ
violence ⓘ
colorAssociation red ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs Set animal ⓘ
man with the head of the Set animal ⓘ
red-haired figure in some texts ⓘ
enemy Apophis ⓘ
linked to: Apep
family brother of Isis ⓘ
brother of Nephthys ⓘ
brother of Osiris ⓘ
son of Geb ⓘ
son of Nut ⓘ
function embodiment of necessary chaos ⓘ
protector of the king in some periods ⓘ
greekName Seth ⓘ
linkedMythCycle Contendings of Horus and Set ⓘ
Osiris myth ⓘ
solar barque of Ra ⓘ
linkedTo foreign deities such as Baal in some periods ⓘ
mainOpponent Horus the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Horus
mythologicalEvent contests with Horus for the throne of Egypt ⓘ
defense of the solar barque of Ra ⓘ
murder of Osiris ⓘ
offspring Anubis ⓘ
Maggot (a minor deity in some traditions) ⓘ
opposedConcept Ma’at ⓘ
linked to: Ma'at
possibleSpouse Anat ⓘ
Astarte ⓘ
Taweret ⓘ
role adversary of Osiris ⓘ
murderer of Osiris ⓘ
protector of Ra against Apophis ⓘ
rival of Horus ⓘ
usurper of the Egyptian throne ⓘ
siblingRival Horus the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Horus

Osiris ⓘ
spouse Nephthys ⓘ
statusChange from royal protector to demonized figure in later periods ⓘ
symbol Set animal ⓘ
desert ⓘ
storm ⓘ
was-scepter ⓘ
timePeriod Late Period ⓘ
Middle Kingdom ⓘ
New Kingdom ⓘ
Old Kingdom ⓘ
worshipCenter Avaris ⓘ
Ombos (Naqada) ⓘ
linked to: Hierakonpolis

Tanis ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
worshipedBy Hyksos rulers in the Second Intermediate Period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isis → hasSibling → Set ⓘ
Osiris → sibling → Set ⓘ
Osiris → killedBy → Set ⓘ
Horus → relative → Set ⓘ
Nephthys → siblingOf → Set ⓘ
Nephthys → spouseOf → Set ⓘ
Abydos → associatedWith → Set ⓘ
Apep → opposedBy → Set ⓘ
Zaya → enemy → Set ⓘ
Seti I → associatedDeity → Set ⓘ
Seth → nameVariant → Set ⓘ
Sutekh → alsoKnownAs → Set ⓘ
Aapep → defeatedBy → Set ⓘ
Apepi → opposedBy → Set ⓘ
Chthon → sibling → Set ⓘ
Sety I → associatedDeity → Set ⓘ