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Seth (Egyptian deity)

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Personal name headingSeth (Egyptian deity)
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Variant(s)Set (Egyptian deity)
Bebo (Egyptian deity)
Setekh (Egyptian deity)
Setesh (Egyptian deity)
Smy (Egyptian deity)
Sutekh (Egyptian deity)
Suty (Egyptian deity)
Associated countryEgypt
Found inPantheon, 2017: text (Set, an Egyptian deity)
Les aventures d'Horus et Seth dans le Papyrus Chester Beatty I, 1996
Armour, R.A. Gods and myths of ancient Egypt, 1989: p. 197 (Seth, also known as Set, Thyphon, Bebo and Smy, among others. Assassin of Osiris; an evil God associated with all that is destructive. Depicted with the body of a man and the head of a dog-like animal.)
Wikipedia, viewed 14 June 2018 (He was is a god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion, also known as Sutekh or Suty. His siblings are Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys. He married Nephthys and fathered Anubis)
Invalid LCCNsh 98001549