Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.satanism Path: shell.portal.com!svc.portal.com!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!walter From: walter@netcom.com (Walter Alter) Subject: Re: [Set Animal; Was] Re: Vampires in Egypt Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3gn1kk$26p@hathor.isisnet.com> <3gqlg8$3af@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3hj72m$mm@jobe.shell.portal.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 07:14:31 GMT Lines: 26 Sender: walter@netcom9.netcom.com Xref: shell.portal.com alt.magick.tyagi:2141 alt.satanism:14752 tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (mordred) writes: >[from alt.pagan: catmage@aol.com (CatMage)] >>Hmmm. I always think of Thoth as having the head of an Ibis; the jackal I >>thought was Set(h). Thoth as mercurial rather than lunar. Is it that >Thoth >>and Set are one? Or a different period of history? >Anpu ("Anubis"), actually, was depicted as jackal-headed. The animal seen >to depict Set is generally referred to by archaeologists simply as the >"Set animal"-- we don't know what it is, exactly, and it likely either >portrays a composite creature or (less likely) an animal that has since >become extinct. As far as "mercurial" versus "lunar", I suspect you are >referring to the hermetic concepts thereof? They have no place in the >Kemetic religion or philosophy, being a Greek invention. i saw a wild Africa docu recently that had an emu type bird in it and it is the first actual creature that had the verticle flat topped ear thingys that the Set animal is known for. they looked like decorative feather growths. wish i could recall the name of the bird. the Set snout is pure south African aardvark, which may make sense since Set worship is given a Southern origin. the eye is serpent, probably Garden of Eden python... waldemar