Seth (Egyptian deity)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98001549
- info:lc/authorities/sh98001549
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh98001549#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Bebo (Egyptian deity)
- Set (Egyptian deity)
- Setekh (Egyptian deity)
- Setesh (Egyptian deity)
- Smy (Egyptian deity)
Broader Terms
- Gods, Egyptian
Sources
- found: Broze, M. Les adventures d'Horus et Seth dans le Papyrus Chester Beatty I, 1996.
- found: Armour, R.A. Gods and myths of ancient Egypt, 1989: p. 197 (Seth, also known as Set, Thyphon, Bebo and Smy, among others. Assassin of Osiris; an evil God associated with all that is destructive. Depicted with the body of a man and the head of a dog-like animal.)
- found: Old catalog heading (Set (Egyptian deity))
- found: Encyc. religion (Seth)
- found: Britannica Micro. (Seth, also called Setekh, Setesh, or Set)
- found: Acad. Am. encyc. (Set. Greeks identified him with Typhon)
- found: Americana (Set (Seth) called Typhon by Greeks)
- found: Dict. non-Christian religions (Set. In Greek version of Osirian myth, Seth was identified with Greek monster Typhon)
- found: Posener. Dict. Egyptian civilization (Seth)
LC Classification
- BL2450.S4
Change Notes
- 1998-03-13: new

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