I always wondered why when the Gods were renamed by the Ptolemies to make them more acceptable to the Greeks living in Egypt, That one got such a lousy name. The names of Isis, Anubis and Osiris was created by...Guess Who?...Arsinoe II. She was quite the busy bee. But so was her brother Ptolemy II. So much of what Egypt was remembered for came from these two. But what about Sutekh. Arsinoe just named him Set. Or did she? He was such a powerful god would she have let anyone know the ACTUAL name of HIM. Set is known as the embodiment of evil, by most, but the warrior god had a protective aspect. This power she reserved for herself. There was so much intrigue and betrayal, Set was her insurance policy, so to speak. She never even told her brother his 'real' name.
Set would be a indiscriminate protector. A destroyer of enemies of his mistress. And this is how she wanted it.
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