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Set god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence and chaos. In ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Seth.
I have a passion for anything Egyptian and this was a god I wanted to paint for a long time.
Looking forward to doing more Egyptian gods in the future.
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I have a passion for anything Egyptian and this was a god I wanted to paint for a long time.
Looking forward to doing more Egyptian gods in the future.
Done for
set-sutekh
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Male
Size 572 x 750px
File Size 601 kB
Set's one of the more striking members of the Egyptian pantheon, between the design that isn't clearly based on any identifiable animal (unlike most of his peers) and the fact that his sphere of influence exists on the periphery of the theology, existing as a kind of Outcast God among a very eclectic cast.
Well, no. To be honest, nobody's really sure what Set is supposed to be. The depiction of the animal is called the sha, but the sha only appears in connection with Set, so it's not much help. This becomes even more unclear when the depictions of Set shift from the early period (in which he was the son and defender of Ra, the sun god, and thus the Pharaoh) to the late period (in which Osiris displaced Set, with Set becoming an enemy of the gods).
Currently, the most popular theory is that the sha is imaginary, though there's still a camp that believes it may represent a modification of the saluki, a hunting sighthound. After all, the general shape of the sha does resemble a saluki with cropped ears, and the forked tail (visible in this commission) doesn't always appear in the earliest surviving depictions.
So for all we know, Sutekh was originally a loyal, happy dog person...
Currently, the most popular theory is that the sha is imaginary, though there's still a camp that believes it may represent a modification of the saluki, a hunting sighthound. After all, the general shape of the sha does resemble a saluki with cropped ears, and the forked tail (visible in this commission) doesn't always appear in the earliest surviving depictions.
So for all we know, Sutekh was originally a loyal, happy dog person...
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