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Seth

Syllabification: (Seth)
Pronunciation: /seTH/
(also Set)
Egyptian Mythology
Definition of Seth
  • an evil god who murdered his brother Osiris and wounded Osiris’s son Horus. Seth is represented as having the head of an animal with a long pointed snout.

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