Set has a minion!

Setuk the Burrero

“In heaven the gods wept and looked away,
All but Thoth who watched the bloody onslaught for he was unafraid of truth.
They might have killed each other,
But for the flashing hand of truth which sometimes parted them.
They rested.
They rose and fought.
Years passed.
Oh, hideous face of the beast!
Looking into his uncle's eyes, Horus saw only himself.
The knives thrust into Set came away with Horus' blood.
The eyes Set tore out were the eyes of god, his own." - Battle of Horus and Set

The patron god of strength, aggression, and wild desert storms. According to Egyptian lore, Set murdered his brother Osiris and engaged in a bitter battle with his nephew Horus that lasted for 80 years. During the conflict Set ripped out Horus' eyes, and Horus castrated Set (which is why he never fathered children); Horus was eventually victorious and crowned king.

Not all aspects of Set were considered negative - he was thought to protect the sun-god Ra from demons and the great serpent Apophis on his journey across the sky - "Every day I slay the Enemy of Ra when I stand at the helm of the Boat of Millions of Years, which no other god dare do."

At his most positive, Set represents vigor and strength, but in a form which would ruthlessly displace the weaker were it not kept in check.

While Osiris was known as a peaceful and level-headed ruler, Set was known as Setekh (“The Inebriated”) because of his love of strong drink, and was considered a pitiful victim of his own passions. Set was thought to be massively strong but rash and easy to trick, like a giant in a fairy tale.

Though Set was associated with abominable behavior, the ancient Egyptians believed that unbridled aggression and strength must necessarily reside in a good leader - thus the pharaoh was said to be “the heir to two brothers” - Osiris and Set. The ancient Egyptians had a dualistic view of the world; Set was god of the red desert, while Osiris was god of the green land by the Nile.

With the brand of chaos he became known as a trickster and thief god. Strange events such as eclipses and earthquakes were all attributed to Set, and he was thought to be the god who “ate” the moon each month - the black boar who swallowed the light.

Set's voice was equated with thunder, and thunderstorms were called "Set's Rage." Set was thought to be the lord of metals – iron, the hardest metal known to the Egyptians, was called the “Bones of Set.”

Set became the patron deity of soldiers, who often wore Set amulets, hoping to acquire Set’s strength and protection. Like Anubis, the worship of Set predates that of both Horus and Osiris. Before the prominence of the Osiris legend rose, Set was the pharaoh's personal god (like Horus), and was considered wholly positive.

Set was thought to be the son of Nut and Geb, the brother of Isis and Osiris, and the brother-husband of Nephthys. Set was sometimes considered to be the husband of Taweret or Neith, the father of Sobek, and to have created Thoth.

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