About this Artwork

This was a commission piece for Dark Wisdom magazine. They published an article outlining some of the many faces of Nyarlathotep, of which I illustrated two. This piece and The Black Lion. Both pieces were sketched out in pencil, then colored in Photoshop. I gotta say I'm very happy with the way this piece turned out. I may even do more Egyptians gods like this and make a collectible print set.

This incarnation of the Crawling Chaos was taken from the following passage:

Again were the rites of Stygia revived, this time even more widely and intensely than under Nephren-Ka. Great temples were erected to Set and Nyarlat, and even the worship of Shuddam-El the Devourer was reestablished here in this very place.
- Richard L. Tierney, "The Worm of Urakhu"

Actual information on this Egyptian god is as follows:

Set, a.k.a. Seth, Setekh, Setesh, Seti, Sutekh, Setech, or Sutech

Egyptian god of chaos who embodied the principle of hostility if not of outright evil. He was associated with foreign lands and was the adversary of the god Osiris. Seth was usually depicted in human form with a head of indeterminate origin, though said to resemble that of an aardvark. He had a curved snout, erect square- tipped ears and a long forked tail. Sometimes he was represented in entirely animal form with a body similar to that of a greyhound. He was said to be the son either of Nut and Geb or of Nut and Ra, and the brother of Isis, Osiris and Nephthys. Nephthys was sometimes given as his consort, although he is more commonly associated with the foreign, Semitic goddesses Astarte and Anat. Despite his reputation, he had an important sanctuary at Ombos in Upper Egypt, his reputed birthplace, and had his cult was also prominent in the north-eastern region of the Nile delta.

Item	Price	Quantity
11x14 Print, Signed	$25.00
8.5x11 Print	$12.00

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Rated:4 of 5 This artwork has been shown 73060 times Number of votes: 226 Excellent Good Fair Poor Terrible  To send an an anonymous review, leave the Name field blank. Email (required) Name (optional) Comment REVIEWS  SNIPER 2008-04-22 05:48:15   looks cool but some things are wrong but looks really really cool i like it  JEFarrow 2008-03-29 08:10:11   You certainly got the ears right.  Zio 2008-01-24 15:42:18   That is not even Seth. It could have been Anubis if it was black but Seth do not have the head of a jackal/dog.    Other comments

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