sethian

noun

1. A member of an ancient Christian Gnostic sect who venerated the Biblical Seth, third son of Adam and Eve, depicted in their creation myths as a divine incarnation.

adj

1. Of or relating to the Sethians
2. Of or relating to the Egyptian god Set

   “But if these hippopotami are Sethian, how could Apophis, a professed follower of Seth, allow this to go on in his own city of Avaris?”

   “At any rate this shows that Sekhemib-Peribsen certainly did not pass into history as a Sethian schismatic or heretic.”

   “Associated with Horus: in the Late Period the nome-sign is often written with a falcon (Horus) on the back of an oryx, which itself was a Sethian animal.”