Dictionary

Setian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Set + -ian.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to the Egyptian god Set
   • Under the New Empire Rameses II, whose father was named Seti, the ‘Setian’, did not hesitate to proclaim himself the ‘Beloved of Set’. 1959, Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, page 20:
   • The Oryx was one of the Setian animals and it was perhaps during the wars of the “Followers of Horus” (i.e., the Falcon people) with the Set clan, towards the end of the IInd Dynasty, that this conquest took place. 1914, Percy E. Newberry, “Notes on some Egyptian Nome Ensigns and their Historical Significance”, in Ancient Egypt, issue, page 6:
   • At any rate, Muller goes on to note that when the myth was related to the sea, the latter changed from Osirian to Anti-Osirian, i.e. “Setian” or, Typhonic, to use the later Greek form. 1970, Henry O. Thompson, Mekal, the God of Beth-Shan, page 135:
2. Of or relating to the Temple of Set, its members, or its doctrines

Forms

Antonyms

Osirian · Horian

Deriveds

Setianism

Synonyms

Typhonian · Sethian · Typhonic

Setian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Set + -ian.

Meanings

1. A member of the Temple of Set, an occultist organization following the left-hand path.

Forms