Byrd Wrote:
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> I did find a paper by J.F. Quack (and checked to
> see that yes, he's a genuine Egyptologist) which
> said this in part:
>
> Venus is normally called either “the phoenix bird”
> or “the heron bird” and linked with the god
> Osiris. All these beings are also attested in
> other contexts. Only in the Late Period is the
> name “the morning star” applied to her with
> certainty (but see “Possible Attestations of
> Specific Planets in Other Contexts”). She receives
> the epithet “the crossing star.”
>
> source:
> [oxfordre.com]
>
> I don't have all the sources and resources that he
> does and I'm limited to one language (English)...
> but I'm not entirely convinced by his discourse.

I've just been re-watching that well-known authority on Ancient Egyptian culture, "Dr. Who: The Pyramids of Mars," with Sutekh as the anti-hero plotting to take over the universe (although he gets his come-uppance in the end).

Might there be a case for Sutekh/Seth as a sort of equivalent of the Judaeo-Christian Satan [en.wikipedia.org] ... ?

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