Set animal
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In ancient Egyptian art, the Set animal, or sha, is the affiliated animal of the god Set. Because Set was identified with the Greek monster Typhon, the animal is also commonly known as the Typhonian a
Relief with cartouche
Obelisk engraved text
Obelisk text close-up (see outside the upper right of red box)
Set from Twentieth Dynasty, crowning Ramesses III
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.