Set (deity)
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Set is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth. Set had a positive role where he accompanied Ra on
Set and Nephthys, 1279–1213 BCE, stone, Louvre
Set was portrayed as a donkey or donkey-headed man. The word for donkey, ꜥꜣ, was determined with a Set animal. Set and the donkey were increasingly called Typhon in the late period.
Mesektet Barque with Ra as Set spears Apep in the underworld
Set and Horus adore Ramesses II in the small temple at Abu Simbel.
Thoth
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Thoth is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart is Seshat, and his wife is Ma'at. He is
Relief in the Temple of Seti I (Abydos) of Thoth giving the ankh to pharaoh Seti I.
Faience statue of Thoth as baboon depicted with the moon-disk on his head.
Worshipper before two ibises of Thoth. (early 19th Dynasty)
Modern impression of an Achaemenid cylinder seal from Iran, with king holding two lion griffins at bay and Egyptian hieroglyphs reading "Thoth is a protection over me". (c. 6th–5th century BC).