Seth - Seto (English spelling)

Japanese: セト - せと(英語表記)Seth
Seth - Seto (English spelling)

A male god who plays an important role in the creation myth of ancient Egypt. Two gods and two goddesses were born to Geb, the god of the earth, and Nut, the goddess of the sky. Set was the youngest of these two, his older brother Osiris, and his older sisters Isis and Nepthys. According to the Osiris myth told by Plutarch, Set was jealous of his older brother Osiris's fame, and killed him by a scheme, dismembered his body, and threw it into the Nile River. The body was collected by Isis, who became Osiris' wife, and Set was avenged by Horus, the male god born to Osiris and Isis. Set is often depicted as a donkey-like beast, and was considered the god of the city of Ombos and one of the nine gods of the city of Heliopolis. In the myth of Memphis, Set is considered the god of Upper Egypt, Osiris the god of Lower Egypt, and Horus, who destroyed Set, is considered the one who unified Upper and Lower Egypt. In later times he was considered the representative of evil, and in Greece he was identified with the many-headed monster Typhon.

[Yajima Fumio]

[References] | Osiris | Horus

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古代エジプトの創世神話で重要な役割を果たしている男神。兄と妹である地の神ゲブと天空の女神ヌトの間から二男神と二女神が生まれたが、セトはその末弟で、兄はオシリス、姉にあたる二女神はイシスとネフティスである。プルタルコスが伝えている「オシリス神話」によれば、セトは兄オシリスの名声をねたみ、兄を計略によって殺害すると、その遺体をばらばらにしてナイル川に流した。その遺体はオシリスの妻となった妹イシスによって集められ、セトは、オシリスとイシスの間に生まれた男神ホルスによって仇討(あだうち)されたという。セトはしばしばロバのような姿の獣として表され、オンボス市の神、ヘリオポリス市の九神の一つとされた。メンフィスの神話では、セトは上エジプト、オシリスは下エジプト、そしてセトを滅ぼしたホルスは上下エジプトを統一した者とみなされる。後代には悪の代表とされ、またギリシアでは多頭の怪物ティフォンと同一視された。

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[参照項目] | オシリス | ホルス

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