Seth - Egyptian God Of Chaos, War And Destruction | Egyptian Mythology Explained

In Egyptian religion and as the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, war and disorder, Seth was the deity ruling over the dangerous lands outside Egypt as opposed to the fertile Black Land of Kemet. The Egyptian god Seth was thought to represent the dry and desert lands of distant places, contrary to his brother Osiris. At all periods, Seth was associated with the dangerous aspects of the desert, becoming the deity personifying everything that the ancient Egyptians feared from the desert regions. According to the ancient Egyptians, the god Seth is one of the first five gods born from the union of Geb and Nut right after the creation of the world, he then went by few other names among which Set, Seth and Sutekh usually translated as instigator of confusion and destroyer. Ancient texts assigned various spouses to Seth, but his most popular triad of consorts included his sister Nephthys and two warlike western Semitic goddesses known as Anat and Astarte. Among thee Egyptian gods and goddesses, Seth himself is usua