LECTURE: Seth: Ancient Egypt's Evil God of Power and Might
Date: Monday, May 13, 2013 7:30 p.m.

Chapter: Portland, Oregon, in cooperation with the Middle East Studies Center of Portland State University

Presenter: Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe, Professor of Global History, California State University – Monterey Bay (and soon at Indiana University – East at Richmond, Indiana)

Location: Room 238, Smith Memorial Student Union, Portland State University

Free admission and open to the public. Free parking in PSU parking structures after 7:00 p.m.

Description: We often see the ancient Egyptian god Seth as the god of evil in ancient Egyptian religion because he had killed his brother Osiris in order to claim the kingship of Egypt.

This lecture will try to rehabilitate Seth’s stature, taking into account numerous new studies on the many roles that Seth held throughout Egyptian history. Oftentimes Seth held the position as king of the gods and the years of his reign as king were enumerated. During the New Kingdom Period, he served in an honored position as the protector of the sun god Re at the prow of the solar bark, as a chief deity of the Nineteenth Dynasty kings, but he also had some negative aspects. The Late Period portrayal generated the tales of the “evil” god Seth and passed into Greek literature.

In a slide-illustrated lecture, Dr Cruz-Uribe will review some new and unpublished scenes of the god Seth from his own field work in Egypt.

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