Afox-headed god of desert, storms and foreigners inEgyptian Mythology, later reinterpreted as the god of evil, dark magic, and darkness. He is usually depicted as a villain is several myths and an arch-nemesis ofHorus. His antics were used to explain various phenomena withinancient Egyptianculture, such as his killing ofOsiristhat became the origin story ofmummification. *He is sometimes depicted with the head of anaardvarkor an unknown'Set animal'instead.