Set Devotionals, Offerings, & More!

Introduction

Set, Sutekh, Setesh all Kemetic variants of his name, but never use Seth. He is the God of Storms, the Desert (or Deshret), Chaos, Foreigners, and War. Brother to Usir, Heru-Wer, Iset, and husband to Nebthet. He is a Predynastic Deity (6000 BCE - 3100 BCE), spanning centuries, all the way up to the Late Period of Egypt, and was originally the Ruler of Upper Egypt.

Symbols:

• Hippos

• Donkies

• Crocodiles

• Was Scepter

• Set animal

Colours:

Red, Black, and Gold

Epithets:

• Voice of Thunder

• He Before Whom the Sky Shakes

• Red Lord

• He With Red Hair

• Lord of the Oasis

• Lord of the Storm

• Lord of the Desert

• Lord of Heaven

• Lord of the Wind

• Lord of Life

• He Who Arises With an Arrow

• Whose Arm is Powerful

• He with Great Magic

• He with Great Strength

• The Beautiful Child of Ra

• Who Is In The Dark

• He With The Great Roar

• The Thief of the Dawn

• The Comrade of Darkness

• The Enraged One

Devotional Acts:

• Self care and other personal acts

• Artwork

• Being kind to Foreigners

• Decolonizing your practice

• Learning Archery

• Learning Swordsmanship (perhaps Khopesh)

• Wearing any of His colours in your fashion

• Reciting Prayers and Hymns

• Writing your own prayers and hymns for Him

Offerings:

• The Four Kemetic Basics:

  • Bread

  • Water

  • Beer

  • Wine

• Myrrh Incense

• Red Jasper

• Cinnamon

• Tacos

• Coca Cola (Cherry, too)

• Muskmelon (historical)

• Watermelon (historical)

Foods to NOT offer:

• Pork

• Boar

Festivals:

Akhet

Month One: Starts on the day of the rising of Sopdet in the season of Akhet.

• Set’s Birthday

  • Wep Ronpet was celebrated when the star Sopdet (Sirius) rises in the night sky. When the Nile Flooded, and marking the beginning of the new year. This is actually different for everyone, depending on where you are living at the time of celebrating.

  • Here is a free site to calculate Sopdet for you: http://www.culturediff.org/english/clientareatest1.php Follow the directions, and you’ll have to Google the latitude of your city. Once calculated, you can then set Set’s date depending on the date given.

  • For an example: if Sopdet rises on August 5th, 2022, you’ll start Usir’s birthday on July 31st, Heru-Wer’s will follow that, and then Set’s (in this case would be August 2nd), Iset’s and Nebthet’s. August 5th will be Wep Ronpet.

• August 13th: Day of battle between Heru and Set

• August 14th: Day of Peace between Heru and Set

• The 30th day in each month is Sacred to Set. RIP February…

Month Three:

• October 9th: Ra judges the dispute of Heru & Set

• October 12th: The Red Land (Deshret) is given to Set

Peret

Month One:

• December 18th: Set goes Forth

Month Three:

• March 2nd: Going forth of Set

Month Four:

March 25th: Festival of Set