Summary
Every story needs a villain, and Egyptian mythology has Set. But is he really just a villain? We explore his multifaceted domains, his motivations, and the worst salad story you’ve ever heard.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, murder, sexual content, sexual assault, colonization, infidelity, eye injury, endangering a child, and toxic masculinity.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends a bad horror movie, like Tarot.
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Cast & Crew
- Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin
- Editor: Bren Frederick
- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod
- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman
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About Us
Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, Welcome to Spirit's Poods'S Beard's podcast, a busy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. Every week we |
| 0:34.0 | pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. I'm Amanda. |
| 0:37.4 | And I'm Julia and Amanda. I think it's time that we met the villain of many of the stories that we've told so far as part of our denial |
| 0:48.7 | isn't just a river in Egypt it's also what we've been doing by keeping an Egyptian mythology series from you on spirits |
| 0:53.8 | podcast. We're so excited. Yes, let's do it. But Amanda, is he really simply just a villain? |
| 1:01.2 | I'm guessing no or else you wouldn't ask me a rhetorical question about it. |
| 1:05.6 | That's true but much like a lot of mythology it's not necessarily a black and white thing we've talked a lot so far in denial isn't just a river in Egypt. |
| 1:15.5 | It's also what we've been doing by keeping an Egyptian mythology series from you on spirits |
| 1:18.9 | podcast about how depending on who is in power the gods are seen in many different ways and played |
| 1:27.2 | many different roles and the same is true about the god set. |
| 1:32.1 | Very excited I have got to imagine that everybody has a motivation and as I get older, the more |
| 1:38.0 | interested I am in those kinds of gray areas and gray area stories and characters so can't wait. |
| 1:43.4 | Well girlie pop this is a gray area story 100% |
| 1:47.6 | not joy I'm calling me girlie pop okay. |
| 1:50.1 | Girlie pop wow. |
| 1:51.4 | So Set yes he is the god of foreign lands as opposed to |
| 1:56.3 | Osiris who's kind of representative of the kingdoms of Egypt. He is the god of |
| 2:01.2 | thunderstorms and eclipses and earthquakes and the desert. |
| 2:06.0 | He in many stories is seen as a villainous figure, |
| 2:10.0 | one that inspires fear and one that is powerful enough to threaten the other gods. |
| 2:15.8 | But he has at times in Egyptian history |
| 2:18.8 | also been seen in a positive light. |
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