The Egyptian god of destruction and evil

The Egyptian god of destruction and evil.

The ancient Egyptian cycle the origin of the creation of life, which has another side that is unpredictable scary and evil. Seth the origin that brings destruction danger like one of the things used to face the battle in the ancient Egyptian gods the origin of the evil god of Egypt. This is true even for Seth who killed Osiris. There is a thought outside the Egyptian cycle leading to the struggle for the throne of the Egyptian gods since the beginning. Based on the reality with the mummification that made the ancient Egyptians confident there is a belief in the afterlife and the resurrection of the god Osiris.

The confusion and doubt about this legend itself brought with it the danger that is the evil spirit and destruction to animals and humans in the ancient era to the god Seth, who is scary and evil and dangerous. The creation of order in the early era of the gods that may not exist. What the god Seth is may be a deception to create confusion, having an idea beyond reality with what exists in the Egyptian universe that wants to dominate, creating something new as destruction, disorder of Seth. There is no thought of a conclusion on peace with Egypt. Always destroying and dominating the order of the universe of all things. Justice that was originally built on peace and happiness

It is debated even in ancient times. The evil practices that threaten Seth in the present day and the more terrifying and dangerous reality that has continued until the present day that the god Osiris is resurrected, becoming the god of death, the god of the underworld, is a more terrifying evil danger than the original belief in the book of the dead in the papyrus. Nowadays humans see another side of the danger that is contrary to the afterlife of the god Osiris who is like a god who protects all creatures on the original belief that is like nature that creates such as rivers rocks on the mountain the ground that is alive and gives birth to everything may return to destroy may be a much more terrifying danger.

Kom Ombo Temple

The second is the birth of Seth or the liminal day in the Egyptian calendar. The five gods were born in this order Osiris, Horus Seth as a man, followed by Isis and Nephthys. So why did Osiris and the birth on the first day not follow the religious order?

Stẖ-ṯḥn, or Seth which appears on inscriptions in ancient Egyptian temples from around the door frame of the first hypostyle hall of the temple of Edfu. Seth the Radiant appears as the fifth of a group of nine gods referred to elsewhere as the Lesser Enneads. In front of Ptolemy VIII a ritual called the quadruple-god worship was performed. All the gods appeared in human form each seated on a square throne of that era. The bearded gods held scepters and ankhs.

       

1 - 3 In the same group of gods that appear

The mere mention of the name “Seth” conjures up a sense of evil, violence and chaos. It is well known that even this evil god has a positive role such as being on the solar ship with Re every night to drive away Apophis or protecting the dead from disease. Other versions of the Osiris myth also have less negative depictions of Seth, but what is much less well known is the positive “presence” of this god, who is called “Seth the Radiant”. The study of this god is even more difficult because of its infrequency. In fact it is mentioned only once in the Egyptian Lexikon.

edfu temple in egypt

It is believed to have been during the Saite period of the ancient Egyptian Scythe dynasty and was eventually re-inscribed as “Thoth” during the reign of Ptolemy VIII. This name change is confirmed by the fact that a similar change was made in the lower row of gods in the same inscription where the name of Seth in the seventh position was dropped again replaced by the name of Thoth before the name was given. "Lord of the Skies" This appearance of Seth the Radiant is thus the oldest known confirmation of the epithet ṯḥn "the Radiant" believed to belong to Seth the evil god the positive god.

Stone sculpture of the gods in the Ennead Temple of Karnak, 

the small Temple of Amun at Medinet Habu, south interior wall of the wooden altar, right half of the lower altar, upper row of gods. Image: François Gaudard

The reappearance of Seth the Radiant In the scene on the second stele of the northern part of the vaulting of the Mammisi of the second-century Roman temple the Enneads of Karnak are standing as in the stele facing and paying homage to them in the same order as in the Edfu inscriptions. Their symbolism is more varied than usual, in fact not all of the gods are depicted in full human form. Seth the Radiant reappears in the fifth position. He is depicted as a human but this time wearing a double crown. Like Horus Horus the Radiant and Kentirti have falcon heads and the bull of Maat has a bull's head.

Egyptian god of evil

The Ennead at Karnak Temple. The temple is not very large but only seven of the nine are depicted on the exterior of this temple. The name Seth of the four ancestral gods known as the one at Edfu Temple is written with a single symbol. For Stḫ which is a spelling it is called seth. Other readings may be Swtḫ or St. The evolution of the name "Seth" depends on the time and context. An example of this spelling at Edfu Temple:

In the story of Horus, which is in the eighth position but is found as Thoth or Thoth the Gleaming One however it indicates a change in the name of the god, known as Thoth which must have been carved as Seth the Gleaming One during the reign of Thutmose III before the name Seth began to be transformed and threatened in the past.

An alternative reading of this group "found and destroyed" on the Ennead at Karnak which is less common and not easily seen in the temple is Seth the Radiant who appears in the fifth position Pr-ḥA or Seth the Radiant. Strong armed and violent in the House of Fighting the story of a battle in the small Temple of Amun on the top of the inscription. Further evidence of Seth the Gleaming One previously seen on the southern wall of the temple of the same group of gods, preceded by Montu-Re and Atum, appears with some modifications in composition and order of members under the name of the Karnak Temple. These gods are depicted in human form similar to those at the Temple of Edfu but this time standing rather than sitting as in the early ancient Egyptian period where there was no mention of the dangerous and evil god Seth. The group of gods was replaced in ancient Egypt.