twofacingshrines:

I never sculpt for myself, almost ever. Even this, I feel I am creating for Them, and not for me.

I started making a devotional icon for Set before my RPD, and while I still feel that it is a good form, it’s not the one I needed to make for myself. He and Amun-ra are separate, but together in much of my life. So while this sketch is the start concept for Set, Amun-ra will sit behind him when it is all said and done. I don’t always do a concept sketch first, but sometimes it helps to get the form out of my head before starting a project.

Set was the first Name that I ever worked with.  I’d been Agnostic for many years and Catholic before that, so to acknowledge Set was a different experience for me. His intensity, and firmness was a hard push that I hadn’t known I needed at the time, but now have come to understand.  He’s been patient with me in a way that has been reassuring, and even though I step away at times, when I come back He’s always there.

Senebty,

Iseqi-itw

“I wait for Two Fathers”

Daughter of Amun-ra and Set

Beloved of Hethert-Sekhmet and Heru-Wer

archaicwonder:

The crocodile god Sobek was worshiped in the region of Thebes and particularly in the Fayum. Bronze figures of Sobek-Re, wearing the sun disc and uraeus, were offered in the sanctuaries of the region. Crocodile amulets were also offered in funerary ceremonies for protection from water-borne perils. The lack of suspension loop or piercing suggests this amulet was placed within the mummy wrappings. 2 cm long

totallypsychicham:

I regret nothing. Horus and Set are challenged to ride across the river in a boat made of stone. 

rosalithe:

renly:

— J.R.R. Tolkien