Gods of the Ennead: SET

Set was the god of the desert. Set was viewed as immensely powerful, and was regarded consequently as the chief god. Set carried the epithet, "His Majesty", shared only with Ra. Another common epithet was, of great of strength, and in one of the Pyramid Texts it states that the king's strength is that of Set. As chief god, he was patron of Upper Egypt (in the South- upstream), where he was worshiped, most notably at Ombos. The alternate form of his name, spelled Setesh (stš, and later Sutekh (swtḫ, designates this supremacy, the extra sh and kh signifying majesty.
Set formed part of the Ennead of Heliopolis, as a son of the earth (Geb) and sky (Nut), husband to the fertile land around the Nile (Nebt-het/Nephthys), and brother to death (Usir/Osiris), and (Aset/Isis, the wife of Osiris) and father of Anubis.

Taken from wikipedia; to view the article, go to [link]

YAY! i'm posting this pic AT LAST!! It's been waiting in my wip folder for eons and now that i'm on holiday, I fnally finished it! :3

Not that much symbolism can be seen here, except for the massive usage of RED. He was depicted as a redhead in the ancient pictures (which is one of the reasons why i like him that much ) and all the redheads were associated with him.
And, i know he looks a little bit feminine...it's because he lost his genitals in his fight with horus, and has represented infertility and androgyny (sp?) ever since (that damn little bird!)

okay, here goes tech stuff:
time:5 months...woah! but it stayed in my folder for several monthsi that's why!
original size:2792 x 1916
reference: no
tools: tablet and photoshop

wip: [link]
closeups: [link]