I recently did some research on the mythological Set and found out that the Set in the Conan universe was based on Apep. So now some pictures...
Here's an ancient drawing of Set battling Apep (right) who is the serpent here. In Egyptian mythology, Set would be equivalent to Hades who usually gets misinterpreted as an evil deity when he is not. Set was sometimes also confused with Seth who cut Osiris to pieces. In reality, the evil serpent deity was named Apep and not Set. In Conan, the name of the snake got was changed into Set for some reason.
Strangely enough, Stygian culture in Conan was pictured to be close to Egyptian.
Here's an ancient drawing of Set battling Apep (right) who is the serpent here. In Egyptian mythology, Set would be equivalent to Hades who usually gets misinterpreted as an evil deity when he is not. Set was sometimes also confused with Seth who cut Osiris to pieces. In reality, the evil serpent deity was named Apep and not Set. In Conan, the name of the snake got was changed into Set for some reason.
Strangely enough, Stygian culture in Conan was pictured to be close to Egyptian.
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