Hardcover. 168pp, 12pp plates. Navy cloth with gilt letting to spine, b&w illustrations and plates, list of works, index. Second Edition. A scarce study of the Egyptian deity Seth. Book is in near fine condition.

In Five Parts; Part I. The Name and the Animal of Seth: Chapter 1 The Name of Seth; Chapter 2 The Meaning of the Name Seth; Chapter 3 The earliest Known Representations of the Seth-Animal; Chapter 4 The Seth-Animal,

Part II. Seth, the Enemy and Friend of Horus. Chapter I Seth and the Ennead; Chapter 2 The Disorders of Horus and Seth; Chapter 3 Seth and the Eye of Horus; Chapter 4 The Testicles of Seth; Chapter 5 The separation of Horus and Seth, Chapter 6 The Justification of Horus and the Reconciliation of Horus and Seth; Chapter 7 Remarks on the Origin and Historical Background of the Myth of Horus and Seth;

Part III. Seth the Murderer of Osiris; Chapter I The Mythical Troubler of Order and the Ordering Myth, Chapter 2 The Murder of Osiris by Seth, Revealed and Concealed in the Symbolism of Water, Bull’s Leg and Sceptre, Chapter 3 Seth as Demon of Death, Chapter 4 Seth as Sacrificial Animal and Bearer of Osiris;

Part IV. Seth Repelling Apopis;

Part V. Seth the Foreigner; List of Works Referred to in the Notes; Etc