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Author(s):	Charles River Editors

Date:	2021	Format:	epub	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	1720605068
Pages:	40	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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*Includes pictures
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*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
On the third day Typhon [Seth] was born, but not in due season or manner, but with a blow he broke through his mothers side and leapt forth  For this reason the kings considered the third of the intercalated days as inauspicious, and transacted no business on that day, nor did they give any attention to their bodies until nightfall. - Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris
Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria to the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Ancient Egyptians produced several wonders of the world, revolutionized architecture and construction, created some of the worlds first systems of mathematics and medicine, and established language and art that spread across the known world. With world-famous leaders like King Tut and Cleopatra, its no wonder that todays world has so many Egyptologists.
To the ancient Egyptians, as was the case with any society made up of inquiring humans, the world was a confusing and often terrifying place of destruction, death and unexplained phenomena. In order to make sense of such an existence, they resorted to teleological stories. Giving a phenomenon a story made it less horrifying, and it also helped them make sense of the world around them. Unsurprisingly, then, the ancient Egyptian gods permeated every aspect of existence.
In the first dynastic period there is a symbolic depiction of the earliest form of kingship. The symbol consisted of the Two Ladies and Two Lords. The Ladies were the goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjyt, who represented the Upper and Lower kingdoms of Egypt, each with her crown of either White or Red  the Two Lords were the conflicting gods Horus and Seth. The contention between these two gods was transmuted into real-world conflict when, during the Second Dynasty, king Peribsen chose to put the mysterious Seth Animal above his name, thus favoring one of the Two Lords over the other. Peribsen kept this close association with Seth, betraying the earlier kingly association with Horus, until king Khasekhemwy dethroned him and placed both gods animals above his own name and declared the Two Lords are at rest. The modern historian Geraldine Pinch suggests that this is a very early example of the Egyptians tendency to mythologize their real-world conflicts, a trait the Egyptians would continue well into their long history.
Its true that the vast history of Egypt can only be given a cursory view at any one time, but, in the case of its myths, just enough to contextualize the story can be sufficient to understand the progression of a deity like Seth through the millennia. In fact, the development of Seths character throughout history is possibly one of the most fascinating and divisive among the Egyptian deities. Beginning as one of the Two Lords Seths pre-eminence among the gods continues well into the later dynasties as he never loses his place among the principal nine deities, known as the Ennead, despite his nefarious dealings with his brother, Osiris, his sister and sister-in-law, Isis, and his nephew, their son, Horus. At first glance it is easy to see how Seth came to be vilified as a kind of demon or devil but, with an understanding of the belief structure he was born out of, modern readers can see that this divisive god was much more complex than a mere adversary.
Seth: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Egyptian God Who Killed Osiris to Usurp the Throne looks at the mythology surrounding one of antiquitys most famous deities. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Seth like never before.
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