Seth is “He before whom the sky shakes”, God of winds and storms,
with lightning and thunder his heralds. Early in Egyptian history,
Seth is spoken of in terms of reverence. He was known as the Lord
of Upper Egypt. Horus being the Lord of Lower Egypt. It was Seth
who stood in the bow of the solar barque of Ra and slays the enemies
of Ra as the ship traverses the sky on its daily journey. It seems that
in very early times the followers of Seth were conquered by the followers
of Horus but they resisted the followers of Horus and the First Dynasty
Pharaoh, Menes when he united Upper and Lower Egypt. At this point, Seth
was discredited and literally demonized, and in later periods was identified
with Apep as a symbol of complete destruction. Seth was already known as a
deity of the night and darkness. As god of chaos and destruction, Seth
represented a necessary force in the universe, that of strength and violent
force which together with the force of creation maintains the balance of the
universe and the cosmic order that was so important for the Egyptians to
maintain and was personified by the Goddess Maat. Seth was represented as a
man with the head of an unknown animal with square ears, often called the
“Seth animal”.
SETH GOD - lg.[E-261GP]
Size: 13"H (33 cm)
Item Type: statue
Material: bonded marble
Weight (lbs): 3 lbs,
ship wt: 6 lbs,
ship box: 21x11x11
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SETH - Sm. [E-341GP]
Size: 8.5"H (21.5 cm)
Item Type: statue
Material: bonded marble
Weight (lbs): 2 lbs,
ship wt: 4 lbs,
ship box: 15x11x10