What do the egyptian god seth represent?
Set, or Seth, or Sitri, as he is known in the Goetia, was the God of Darkness, the desert, storms, and mischief. He was certainly not an evil god, for that is too simple a classification. He can represent chaos to a degree, and is certainly quite dark, but he is usually benign. He often helped humans and there are many depictions of him showing humans how to do various things to improve their lives (crafts, farming, etc.) and he was often helpful to other gods, battling the forces of darkness and chaos to allow the Sun to make its daily journey. However, he did kill his brother, Osiris and cut his body into 28 pieces (Osiris is a Moon God, the Moon has 28 days in its cycle). This is when Osiris fully became god of the afterlife. Osiris and Set are some of the most important of all Egyptian Gods.
