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.
Nephthys
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Nephthys or Nebet-Het in ancient Egyptian was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. A member of the Great Ennead of Heliopolis in Egyptian mythology, she was a daughter of Nut and Geb. Nephthys was
Set (deity)
…his own brother, Osiris. Osiris's sister-wife, Isis, reassembled his corpse and resurrected her dead brother-husband with the help of the goddess Nephthys. The resurrection lasted long enough to conceive his son and heir, Horus. Horus sought revenge upon Set, and many of the ancient Egyptian myths describe…
Nephthys – Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Temple decoration at Dendera, depicting the goddesses Isis and Nephthys watching over the corpse of their brother Osiris
Isis (left) and Nephthys (right) as kites near the bier of a mummy, thirteenth century BCE
Nephthys on the outer coffin of Ankh-Wennefer