Side by side, from the sources
Set vs Satan
These two are identified with one another in the record, which is not the same as being the same figure. A legitimate god for two millennia, then simply the enemy — the same trajectory, far better documented.
Deity · Egyptian · c. 3000 BCE
Set
also called Seth, Sutekh, Typhon (Greek identification), Setesh, Setekh, Suty
Murderer of Osiris and defender of the sun-barque — a god who was worshipped as a royal patron for two millennia before being recast as the enemy.
- Alignment
- Disputed
- Rank
- God of Storms and Disorder
- First attested
- The Pyramid Texts · c. 2350–2100 BCE
- Named there as
- Seth
- Texts naming it
- 3
- Powers attributed
- 4
Demonic · Infernal Court · c. 400 BCE
Satan
also called ha-Satan, The Adversary, Shaitan, The Devil, Satanas, Shaytan, Sam Hill, Lord of This World
Not originally a name but an office — 'the accuser'. In Job he is a member of the divine court doing his job; only later does he become the enemy.
- Alignment
- Fallen
- Rank
- Adversary
- First attested
- Hebrew Bible & Deuterocanon · c. 900–100 BCE
- Named there as
- ha-Satan
- Texts naming it
- 5
- Powers attributed
- 5
Where do they actually overlap?
Texts naming both
None. The two never appear in the same text in this corpus, which is worth knowing before accepting any confident claim that they are one figure.
Powers credited to both
No shared office is recorded. Where two figures are said to be the same and share no job description at all, the identification is usually doing polemical work rather than descriptive work.