Seth 2

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
11/20/2020, 10:42 PM	Mike C	update #109
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
5/31/2018, 2:36 PM	Mike C	update #99
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
3/21/2014, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #88
9/1/2013, 10:30 PM	Mike C	update #87
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)

Scripts Σήθ, Σέθ(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. SETH(English) SEHT(English)

Meaning & History

From Σήθ (Seth), the Greek form of Egyptian swtẖ or stẖ (reconstructed as Sutekh), which is of unknown meaning. Seth was the Egyptian god of chaos and the desert, the slayer of Osiris. Osiris's son Horus eventually defeats Seth and has him banished to the desert.