Identity Crisis.
Seth (aka Sutekh / Setekh / Suty) is a complicated deity. A master of storms, winds, deserts and seas, Seth dominates foreigners and the world outside Egypt. However, he is also treacherous, violent, and aggressive; a god who slew his own brother and tried to seize the throne for himself. As a result, Seth has a complicated relationship with the Egyptian kingship. Part defender and source of legitimacy, but also a threat to the stable order of the world (ma’at). Most kings navigated this relationship fairly easily. But then, most kings weren’t named after the god himself. As a pharaoh of Egypt, a living Horus, and the son of Osiris, King Sety I had to work hard to reconcile his personal identity with his divine. The results are visible on his monuments…
- Date: Reign of Sety I (c.1300 BCE).
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- Music interludes: Keith Zizza and Luke Chaos.
- Logo image: A Seth-headed-Sphinx, on an obelisk of Sety I, now in Alexandria (Photo Heidi Kontkanen).
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The “Seth animal” (te Velde 1969).
Seth and Horus purify/anoint Sety I, Karnak Hypostyle Hall (Epigraphic Survey).
A Seth-headed sphinx, on an obelisk of Sety I (now in Alexandria, photo by Heidi Kontkanen).
A monumental wAs-sceptre, with the head of Seth. 18th Dynasty, discovered at Ballas (Victoria & Albert Museum. Photo by Dominic Perry 2023).
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