Depictions of the Set animal (Gardiner E20, E21, C7)[1](E20, E21, C7) in hieroglyphs
The Set-animal, Sha, after an original by E. A. Wallis Budge.[2][page needed]
In ancient Egyptian art, the Set animal, or sha, is the totemic animal of the god Set. Because Set was identified with the Greek monster Typhon, the animal is also commonly known as the Typhonian animal or Typhonic beast.
Unlike other totemic animals, the Set animal is not easily identifiable in the modern animal world. Today, there is a general agreement among Egyptologists that it was never a real creature and existed only in ancient Egyptian imagination. In recent years, there have been many attempts by zoologists to find the Set animal in nature. Whether or not the animal existed is currently unknown, yet it had much significance for the Egyptians. The Set animal is one of the most frequently demonstrated animal determinatives.[3]
Some Egyptian texts suggest that Set took the form of a dangerous animal, such as a bull or crocodile.[3]
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