Blog Like An Egyptian

'Horus thereupon did battle with Set, the victory falling now to one, now to the other ... Horus and Set, it is said, still do battle with one another, yet victory has fallen to neither. '


Set was one of ancient Egypt's earliest gods, a god of chaos, confusion, storms and wind.
In the Osiris Legend, he was a rival to the god Horus.
The eye on Jacob's tapestry is the Eye of Horus.
One of Set's companions was the sun god, RA(Richard Alpert).
Set's wife, Tawaret(statue) kept him chained up in Northern Egypt, which was considered to symbolize darkness, cold and death(the dark territory).
Set was infertile because Horus ripped off his testicles.
In the original tale of the fight between Set and Horus, the Egyptians believed that the two would continue their battle until the end of time itself.
Horus is the god of the day sky(light). Set is the god of the night sky(dark).
Set is associated with premature birth(weakening of Ben & Locke...this was no accident, Nemesis caused both).
With 72 accomplices, Set tricked his brother into lying inside a perfectly fitted coffin(Jacob's murder).
Set is a friend of the dead(imitator of the dead).

To the Egyptians he was the god who 'ate' the moon each month - the 'black boar' who swallowed its light.

This is why John Locke can kill boars. Because he was destined to kill Nemesis.
This is why John Locke chose the knife. This is why John Locke brought knives with him. This is why Jacob stabs a knife into the sand.

The head of the Set-animal resembles the Oxyrhynchus fish.
Set was also known to be associated with redheads.
Jacob uses his knife to filet a red fish. The red herring was actually a red herring.