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Set and Horus adorning Ramses
# This relief shows Ramses the Great (Ramses II, at the center) being adorned by the Gods Set and Horus.
# On the left is Set (or Seth, or Sutek, or Seteh), depcited with a head that doesn't completely resemble any creature we know. This is why Egyptologists have refered it as the head of the "Set animal" which resembles an aardavak and a dog. To the ancient Egyptians, the animal that Set's head is, was actually associated with a canid, wild dog of Egypt, which is unknown today - or possibly extinct. The Egyptians called this animal "Sha".
# Set is known to have saved Ra - the Sun deity. At the sametime he is associated with deserts, storms, chaos and darkness.
# Set is also known for violent conflicts against other deities like the Gods Horus, Osiris and the Goddess Isis.
# On the right side is Horus, depicted with the head of Falcon, and with a pschent on his head. A Pschent is the double crown of ancient Egypt, commonly called "Sekhemti" (the two powerful ones).
# Horus is associated with being the saviour and sky God, the deity of hunting and as being the destroyer of Set. Horus was told by his mother, Isis, to protect the people of Egypt from Set, the god of the desert, who had killed his father Osiris.
# The depiction shows both the deities Set and Horus holding the "Was" (power sceptre) in their right and left hands respectively. It was a decorated staff, curved at the top end and depicted as a symbol of one's power.
Set and Horus adorning Ramses
# This relief shows Ramses the Great (Ramses II, at the center) being adorned by the Gods Set and Horus.
# On the left is Set (or Seth, or Sutek, or Seteh), depcited with a head that doesn't completely resemble any creature we know. This is why Egyptologists have refered it as the head of the "Set animal" which resembles an aardavak and a dog. To the ancient Egyptians, the animal that Set's head is, was actually associated with a canid, wild dog of Egypt, which is unknown today - or possibly extinct. The Egyptians called this animal "Sha".
# Set is known to have saved Ra - the Sun deity. At the sametime he is associated with deserts, storms, chaos and darkness.
# Set is also known for violent conflicts against other deities like the Gods Horus, Osiris and the Goddess Isis.
# On the right side is Horus, depicted with the head of Falcon, and with a pschent on his head. A Pschent is the double crown of ancient Egypt, commonly called "Sekhemti" (the two powerful ones).
# Horus is associated with being the saviour and sky God, the deity of hunting and as being the destroyer of Set. Horus was told by his mother, Isis, to protect the people of Egypt from Set, the god of the desert, who had killed his father Osiris.
# The depiction shows both the deities Set and Horus holding the "Was" (power sceptre) in their right and left hands respectively. It was a decorated staff, curved at the top end and depicted as a symbol of one's power.