Talk:Set (mythology)

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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · refresh) talk::set(mythology) - It looks a bit being used for generic discussion bbs purpose. In terms of wikipedia this can not be. If there is no ancient aspect then it can not be. Article is readable/understandable. "Set became associated with things that were red, including people with red hair, which is not an attribute that Egyptians generally had, and so he became considered to also be a god of foreigners." This formulation does not say if it means old native egyptians, or the later people of egypt, which were a group of tribes indeed. Red hair was not uncommon in egypt; however it looks orange and red is not the same. Such a formulation does not offer much help to clear up questions like this one. Probably it is possible to rework sections for not-information? User:Yy-bo 15:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

talk archieve 1 - Dec 2004 to Dec 2005

Contents 1 deleted from the conflict of Horus and set 2 the Set animal is a snake ! 3 Ba'al references 4 seth did not help 5 The name of Set / Seth

[edit] deleted from the conflict of Horus and set

"Eventually however, using both cunning and strength, Horus vanquished and emasculated Set. The gods punished Set by forcing him to carry Osiris on his back, or by sacrificing him as a bull for their food. In some versions of the myth, Set is given dominion over the surrounding deserts as compensation for his loss of Egypt. Generally Set, as the enemy of the legitimate line of rulers, served as a symbol for disorder, evil and trickery." Someone deleted this without giving a reason. I'd like to put it back in, unless anyone has an objection. Wyote 04:59, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

nothing should be added back without proper sourceing.Lasalle202 04:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Learn how to spell75.203.108.223 20:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hey go check out the horus disscusion page. The article "their is no god horus" and the "there is no god horus kind of explains that eye thing!"

I believe the Okapi was also suggested as the Set animal, but I don't have a good source for this —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pignut (talk • contribs) 06:18, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the Set animal is a snake !

 Where have you people been.  The Set animal has always been a snake.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.14.131.239 (talk) 17:07, 3 November 2007 (UTC) 

The Seth animal is not a snake. It is more likly a legendary beast, or perhaps derived from dinosaur skulls.Tutthoth-Ankhre (talk) 20:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ba'al references

Does anyone object to me removing all of these? Seeing as they keep refering to Ba'al as a specific god, whereas the article makes clear that it is a term used to refer to various gods. From my own education I can tell you it's to protect the god's name so foreigners don't get its favor and is only used while away. KV(Talk) 15:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I removed them. KV(Talk) 13:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] seth did not help

seth did not help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.172.8 (talk) 02:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The name of Set / Seth

I don't want to sound pretentious or arrogant, but just to give background, I'm going into my second year of a PhD in Egyptology. Have been studying Egyptian language and religion for pretty much 8 years now. "Seth" is undoubtedly more commonly used than "Set". I don't think I've seen "Set" in an academic context for a while. The standard Egyptological works (Lexikon, Gardiner, OEAE) all use "Seth" as a rendering of the Greek word. Incidentally, the hieroglyphs invariably have the ḫ as well. I can't see any reason why "Set" here is preferred over the more common and correct usage. The article will be changed unless there are any valid reasons. Cheers. 122.106.209.26 (talk) 15:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

A very good idea, I've been wondering about that. Quite a few of these articles on Egyptian deities are not up to scratch. Some are written almost solely relying on Budge, eg Ra and Thoth, which represent a lot of hard work put in by a well meaning editor, but I don't know how reliable they are, I'd like your opinion.--Doug Weller (talk) 15:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad someone agrees (don't use wikipedia often, so don't know the proper ways...:(). Thoth and Ra are not great articles - I think they would be great with a bit of tweaking, though. I'm happy to tweak in my holidays. Just think that this article needs to be renamed.122.106.209.26 (talk) 03:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)