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February 16, 2007
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Michael Jack-o'-lantern: [link]
Do you find yourself placating a few of the gods and not caring as much about the others? I'm totally into Bast(et) and Set(h). Who needs armies when you can have a god strike down your enemies?
Speaking of gods, how do you usually spell the above two?
My favorite Egyptian god is Thoth, god of wisdom, inventor of writing, and patron of scribes. (Thoth, the Greek name, is much more well-known. The Egyptians called him "Djehuty.") It's too bad that he is only a minor god in the game.
Like Hebrew, the Egyptian language does not contain written vowels. This is why the gods' names have so many variants. In the case of Bast/Bastet and Seth/Set, both spellings are equally acceptable. I generally use "Bast" and "Seth," which seems to be the most common way. Seth is pronounced "Set." (This may explain the origin of the Set spelling.) Seth is actually the god's Greek name. The Egyptians called him "Sutekh." (There are other versions.)
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Michael Jack-o'-lantern: [link]
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