'Set was a hostile God, and though he was within the family lineage of the other Egyptian Deities, he was usually associated with foreign lands and people. He wasn't a truly 'evil' being, but today he is considered to quite similar to the Satan of Christian mythos. Set ruled over storms, chaos, war, inhospitable places, hunger, and the cold.'
2006-09-28 05:15:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
octoberfa...: I actually have no idea, I am trying to look for this spicific deck myself (I know it is a really old one). I found the jpeg on a site about astral travelling.
2006-09-28 05:32:18 · update #1
Yes, ancient Egypt did worship Set. Set was jut the other side of duality. Apep on the other hand, was more of Egypt's "Satan". He is the hostile serpent that Ra defeated every evening in the underworld.
Set was not "Satan". Set just balances out things. One cannot have Light without darkness, etc. Set also helped other more benevolent Gods out from time to time.
2006-09-28 05:18:38 · answer #1 · answered by Ana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many religions did not have a concept of good and evil, at least at the diety level. They instead had concepts of creation and destruction. They knew that both could be done in the name of good or evil. And they are not necessarily "ancient". The current Hindu concept of Vishnu (creator) and Shiva (destroyer) are not too dissimilar. Many American Indian faiths also follow suit.
Those religions do not necessarily associate destruction or death with good or evil, just as they do not associate the creation of something, like the internet, as good or evil. It's just what it is. The motives and potential reactions are left to man, or to chance, but not to a diety. I think it's because the ancients understood the inevitability and lack of malice in the life cycle, where creation leads to destruction, and destruction leads to creation.
Modern religions usually associate destruction with evil, so god's of destruction have come to be associated with the devil. This is ironic, since God is on record as causing far more destruction on Earth than the devil is, but that's a whole other question.
2006-09-28 12:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by freebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think anyone really worshipped him. They may have offered him sacrifices to keep him from his trickery-- he was really much more of a trickster god with a twisted sense of humor than anything. He wasn't the sort of god you worshipped, but followers of, say, Bastet might have offered him sacrifices so that he would not get mean.
2006-09-28 12:18:24 · answer #3 · answered by fiveshiftone 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds kind of like the Christian God to me...
2006-09-28 12:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats a fascinating Tarot card. Which Deck is it from?
2006-09-28 12:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by octoberfallingleaves 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they may not have worshiped Set in the strictest terms. however am certain Set was respected and had certain rituals and ceremonies performed if not to worship him, then to try and appease him.
2006-09-28 12:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋