Seth , the invincible force !

Seth , the invincible force !

Seth is counted evil in common referring to the ancient myth of Osiris, Osiris the heir of Ra and his legal descendant and the good brother for Seth. Osiris death by Seth would not be evadable; his body portions had to be spread around Egypt then to be reassembled by his wife and sister Isis which referred to the unification of Egypt. The ancient Egyptians due to such creed considered Osiris to be the fertility causer and gave him different colours to emphasize his fertility such the blue which indicates the Nile fertility and it’s indigo which was brought by it’s inundation floods or the green to indicate Osiris force that effected vegetation . Seth on the other hand had been sentenced for ostracism and the exile .So due to that destiny Seth’s realm had turned to the wasted lands, the arid and the barren lands as well as the salty water. Looking at the deep meaning behind such isolation for Seth make us more familiar of Seth’s incredible power which Ra had privileged him with , the force that can reclaim arid desert to vegetation ,the force that can desalinate the sea and the force which can hunt and tame the evil. The papyrus scene shows the use of Seth’s force to tame or hunt down the coiled snake of evil. In such notion Ra and Seth refer to the Yen and yang or the positive and the negative forces so there no wonder to find some mighty pharaohs such Seti I to be named and related to the invincible force of Seth. Written by Yasser kamel for Museumegypt.2006@.All rights reserved.