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Netzhack: /* Encyclopedia entry */

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‎Encyclopedia entry

Cherokee Jack: New encyclopedia entry

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New encyclopedia entry

ChasonBot at 08:39, 21 December 2015

2015-12-21T08:39:52Z

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 {{wikipedia|Set (deity)}}
 {{wikipedia|Set (comics)}}
-Set's portrayal in ''NetHack'' is primarily based on the major deity from the ''[[Wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]]'' stories of [[wikipedia:Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard]] and the later ''Marvel Comics'' series - the [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] refers to the Egyptian god Set (also known as Seth or Sutekh), who is the ''Conan'' deity's namesake. In the ''Conan'' series, Set is an ancient deity that is often depicted as a gigantic serpent, sometimes with seven heads, and is the arch-enemy of the gods of light known as Atum, Ibis, and [[Mitra]]. Sometimes known as Father Set or the Old Serpent among other monikers, he is the primary god revered in Stygia, and he is also known and worshipped as Damballah in the Black Kingdoms to the south.
+Set's portrayal in ''NetHack'' is primarily based on the major deity from the ''[[Wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]]'' stories of [[wikipedia:Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard]] and the later ''Marvel Comics'' series&mdash;the [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] refers to the Egyptian god Set (also known as Seth or Sutekh), who is the ''Conan'' deity's namesake. In the ''Conan'' series, Set is an ancient deity that is often depicted as a gigantic serpent, sometimes with seven heads, and is the arch-enemy of the gods of light known as Atum, Ibis, and [[Mitra]]. Sometimes known as Father Set or the Old Serpent among other monikers, he is the primary god revered in Stygia, and he is also known and worshipped as Damballah in the Black Kingdoms to the south.
-Set makes his debut in one of the original ''Conan'' tales, [[Wikipedia:The Phoenix on the Sword|"The Phoenix on the Sword"]] - the story also introduces [[Thoth-Amon]], a priest of Set who would come to be known as Conan's arch-nemesis (and the [[Barbarian quest]] nemesis) despite their only encounter coming during the events of the tale. When the long-dead Epemitreus the Sage appears to Conan in the latter's dreams, he warns Conan of the danger and darkness looming around him, particularly from the forces of the god Set and his followers. Seth is also implied in the same stories to be one of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s Great Old Ones, and has since reappeared as an infernal antagonist, particularly throughout the later Marvel-based ''Conan'' comics.
+Set makes his debut in one of the original ''Conan'' tales, [[Wikipedia:The Phoenix on the Sword|"The Phoenix on the Sword"]]&mdash;the story also introduces [[Thoth-Amon]], a priest of Set who would come to be known as Conan's arch-nemesis (and the [[Barbarian quest]] nemesis) despite their only pre-''Marvel'' encounter coming during the events of the tale. When the long-dead Epemitreus the Sage appears to Conan in the latter's dreams, he warns Conan of the danger and darkness looming around him, particularly from the forces of the god Set and his followers. Seth is also implied in the same stories to be one of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s Great Old Ones, and has since reappeared as an infernal antagonist, particularly throughout the later ''Marvel''-based comics.
 Set is a cruel, jealous god who demands constant sacrifice from his subjects, with his worship consisting of human sacrifice and veneration of serpents: killing a snake is even considered a mortal sin in Stygia, and if one slithers into the cities or to the streets, Set's subjects will lay prostrate before them, hoping to be found worthy of their bite. His priests are similarly frightening and fanatical, with the clergy running Stygia as a theocracy built on fear and an indiscriminate willingness to sacrifice their own people. Cells and cults devoted to set also occur in kingdoms beyond Stygia, and though they must practice covertly, they are just as dangerous.

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 ==Variants==
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]], Set is an unholy chaotic god, and his [[minion]]s consist of standard chaotic [[M2_DEMON|demons]]: [[manes]], [[quasit]]s, [[vrock]]s, [[hezrou]], [[nalfeshnee]]s, [[marilith]]s, and [[balrog]]s.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], Set is an unholy chaotic god, and his [[minion]]s consist of standard chaotic [[M2_DEMON|demons]]: [[manes]], [[quasit]]s, [[vrock]]s, [[hezrou]], [[nalfeshnee]]s, [[marilith]]s, and [[balrog]]s.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 {{religion}}
 In ''[[NetHack]]'', '''Set''' is the [[chaotic]] [[god]] of the [[Barbarian]] pantheon.
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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|
 The ancient Egyptian god of chaos (Set), the embodiment of hostility and even of outright evil.  He is also a god of war, deserts, storms, and foreign lands. ... In the Book of the Dead, Seth is called "Lord of the Northern Sky" and is held responsible for storms and cloudy weather. ... Seth was portrayed as a man with the head of undeterminable origin, although some see in it the head of an aardvark.  He had a curved snout, erect square-tipped ears and a long forked tail. He was sometimes entirely in animal form with the body similar to that of a greyhound.  Animals sacred to this god were the dog, the jackal, the gazelle, the donkey, the crocodile, the hippopotamus, and the pig.

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Set (deity)}}
-{{wikipedia|Father Set}}
+{{wikipedia|Set (comics)}}
 Set's portrayal in ''NetHack'' is primarily based on the major deity from the ''[[Wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]]'' stories of [[wikipedia:Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard]] and the later ''Marvel Comics'' series - the [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] refers to the Egyptian god Set (also known as Seth or Sutekh), who is the ''Conan'' deity's namesake. In the ''Conan'' series, Set is an ancient deity that is often depicted as a gigantic serpent, sometimes with seven heads, and is the arch-enemy of the gods of light known as Atum, Ibis, and [[Mitra]]. Sometimes known as Father Set or the Old Serpent among other monikers, he is the primary god revered in Stygia, and he is also known and worshipped as Damballah in the Black Kingdoms to the south.

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 {{wikipedia|Set (deity)}}
 {{wikipedia|Father Set}}
-Set's portrayal in ''NetHack'' is primarily based on the major deity from the ''[[Wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]]'' stories of [[wikipedia:Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard]] and the later ''Marvel Comics'' series - the [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] refers to the Egyptian god Set (also known as Seth or Sutekh), who is the ''Conan'' deity's namesake. In the ''Conan'' series, Set is an ancient deity that is the arch-enemy of the gods of light known as Atum, Ibis, and [[Mitra]]. Known as the Old Serpent, Set is the primary god revered in Stygia, and he is also known and worshipped as Damballah in the Black Kingdoms to the south.
+Set's portrayal in ''NetHack'' is primarily based on the major deity from the ''[[Wikipedia:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]]'' stories of [[wikipedia:Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard]] and the later ''Marvel Comics'' series - the [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] refers to the Egyptian god Set (also known as Seth or Sutekh), who is the ''Conan'' deity's namesake. In the ''Conan'' series, Set is an ancient deity that is often depicted as a gigantic serpent, sometimes with seven heads, and is the arch-enemy of the gods of light known as Atum, Ibis, and [[Mitra]]. Sometimes known as Father Set or the Old Serpent among other monikers, he is the primary god revered in Stygia, and he is also known and worshipped as Damballah in the Black Kingdoms to the south.
-Set makes his debut in one of the original ''Conan'' tales, [[Wikipedia:The Phoenix on the Sword|"The Phoenix on the Sword"]] - the story also introduces [[Thoth-Amon]], a priest of Set who would come to be known as Conan's arch-nemesis (and the [[Barbarian quest]] nemesis) despite their only encounter coming during the events of the tale. When the long-dead Epemitreus the Sage appears to Conan in the Cimmerian's dreams, he warns Conan of the danger and darkness looming around him, particularly from the forces of the god Set and his followers. Seth is also implied in the same stories to be one of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s Great Old Ones, and has since reappeared as an infernal antagonist, particularly throughout the later Marvel-based ''Conan'' comics.
+Set makes his debut in one of the original ''Conan'' tales, [[Wikipedia:The Phoenix on the Sword|"The Phoenix on the Sword"]] - the story also introduces [[Thoth-Amon]], a priest of Set who would come to be known as Conan's arch-nemesis (and the [[Barbarian quest]] nemesis) despite their only encounter coming during the events of the tale. When the long-dead Epemitreus the Sage appears to Conan in the latter's dreams, he warns Conan of the danger and darkness looming around him, particularly from the forces of the god Set and his followers. Seth is also implied in the same stories to be one of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s Great Old Ones, and has since reappeared as an infernal antagonist, particularly throughout the later Marvel-based ''Conan'' comics.
-Set is often depicted as a gigantic serpent, sometimes with seven heads, and is a cruel, jealous god who demands constant sacrifice from his subjects, with his worship consisting of human sacrifice and veneration of serpents: killing a snake is even considered a mortal sin in Stygia, and if one slithers into the cities or to the streets, Set's subjects will lay prostrate before them, hoping to be found worthy of their bite. His priests are similarly frightening and fanatical, with the clergy running Stygia as a theocracy built on fear and an indiscriminate willingness to sacrifice their own people. Cells and cults devoted to set can be found in kingdoms beyond Stygia, and though they must practice covertly, they are just as dangerous.
+Set is a cruel, jealous god who demands constant sacrifice from his subjects, with his worship consisting of human sacrifice and veneration of serpents: killing a snake is even considered a mortal sin in Stygia, and if one slithers into the cities or to the streets, Set's subjects will lay prostrate before them, hoping to be found worthy of their bite. His priests are similarly frightening and fanatical, with the clergy running Stygia as a theocracy built on fear and an indiscriminate willingness to sacrifice their own people. Cells and cults devoted to set also occur in kingdoms beyond Stygia, and though they must practice covertly, they are just as dangerous.
 ==Variants==

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 {{religion}}
-'''Set''' is the [[chaotic]] [[god]] of the [[Barbarian]] pantheon.  Set's high priest is [[Thoth Amon]], the Barbarian [[quest nemesis]].
+==Origin==
-==Mythology==
+Set makes his debut in one of the original ''Conan'' tales, [[Wikipedia:The Phoenix on the Sword|"The Phoenix on the Sword"]] - the story also introduces [[Thoth-Amon]], a priest of Set who would come to be known as Conan's arch-nemesis (and the [[Barbarian quest]] nemesis) despite their only encounter coming during the events of the tale. When the long-dead Epemitreus the Sage appears to Conan in the Cimmerian's dreams, he warns Conan of the danger and darkness looming around him, particularly from the forces of the god Set and his followers. Seth is also implied in the same stories to be one of [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s Great Old Ones, and has since reappeared as an infernal antagonist, particularly throughout the later Marvel-based ''Conan'' comics.
-In the ''Conan'' series, Set, the serpent-god of darkness, is depicted as a seven-headed snake, and is primarily worshipped by wicked cults.
+Set is often depicted as a gigantic serpent, sometimes with seven heads, and is a cruel, jealous god who demands constant sacrifice from his subjects, with his worship consisting of human sacrifice and veneration of serpents: killing a snake is even considered a mortal sin in Stygia, and if one slithers into the cities or to the streets, Set's subjects will lay prostrate before them, hoping to be found worthy of their bite. His priests are similarly frightening and fanatical, with the clergy running Stygia as a theocracy built on fear and an indiscriminate willingness to sacrifice their own people. Cells and cults devoted to set can be found in kingdoms beyond Stygia, and though they must practice covertly, they are just as dangerous.
-Set is first mentioned in the first Conan short story, ''The Phoenix on the Sword'', published in 1932. He is extensively used in Marvel Comics' Conan series from the 1970s through 1990s as an infernally powerful antagonist.
+==Variants==
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 |[ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ]
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 ==Mythology==
-Set, the serpent-god of darkness, is depicted as a seven-headed [[snake]], and is primarily worshipped by wicked cults.
+The origin of Set as a NetHack deity is unclear.  Set(h) is the name of a god in ancient Egyptian mythology, but Set is also the name of a major deity in the ''Conan'' series by American author [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard Robert E. Howard].  The neutral Barbarian god [[Crom]] is also from the ''Conan'' series, so it would seem that the Hyborian god is meant; however, the [[NetHack 3.6.0]] [[encyclopedia]] entry for Set describes the Egyptian god.
-Set is one of only two deities in NetHack without his own Encyclopedia entry (the other being [[Mog]]).
+In the ''Conan'' series, Set, the serpent-god of darkness, is depicted as a seven-headed snake, and is primarily worshipped by wicked cults.
-Set's is first mentioned in Robert E. Howard's first Conan short story, ''The Phoenix on the Sword'', published in 1932. He is extensively used in Marvel Comics' Conan series from the 1970's through 1990's as an infernally powerful antagonist.
+Set is first mentioned in the first Conan short story, ''The Phoenix on the Sword'', published in 1932. He is extensively used in Marvel Comics' Conan series from the 1970s through 1990s as an infernally powerful antagonist.
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