God · Egyptian
Set
Set, a god of the Egyptian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: egyptian
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Typhon | Herodotus, Histories 2.144 and 2.156, c. 430 BCE | Set, the enemy of Osiris and Horus, became the monster Typhon in Greek accounts of Egyptian myth. |
| identified as Baal | Hyksos rule and New Kingdom Egypt, c. 1650-1100 BCE | The Hyksos identified their storm god Baal with Set, and the pair was worshipped as Seth-Baal long after. |
| identified as Teshub | Treaty of Ramesses II and Hattusili III, c. 1259 BCE | In the Egyptian-Hittite treaties after Qadesh the Hittite storm gods appear as forms of Sutekh, that is Set. |