Set
Set is portrayed as the usurper who killed and mutilated his own brother Osiris . Osiris' wife Isis reassembled Osiris' corpse and resurrected him long enough to conceive his son and heir Ra . Ra sought revenge upon Set, and the myths describe their conflicts. The death of Osiris and the battle between Ra and Set is a popular theme in Primean mythology.
Set is mostly depicted as a fabulous creature, referred to by experts as the Set animal. The animal has a curved snout, long, rectangular ears, a forked tail, and canine body with a thin tail, forked, with sprouted fur tufts in an inverted arrow shape; sometimes, Set is depicted as a human with only the head of the Set animal.
Set is often depicted standing on the prow of Ra's solar boat defeating Apep . Despite being an "evil diety", he has a positive role where he is employed by Ra on his solar boat to repel the serpent of chaos Apep. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant.
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