the midnight sun
How could they do otherwise ? They were the scribes of the opposed religion . Diodorus tells us about an Ethiopian sect which detested the Sun . A parallel , as usual , is found in Egypt , where Set , or Typhon , is commonly regarded as a maleficent spirit , the enemy of Osiris , the midnight sun . None the less it is certain that under some dynasties Set himself was adored -- the deity of one creed is the Satan of its opponents . A curious coincidence seems to show -LRB- as Bergaigne thinks -RRB- that Indra , the chief Indo-Aryan deity , was occasionally confounded with Vrittra , who is usually his antagonist . The myths of Egypt , as reported by Plutarch , say that Set , or Typhon , forced his way out of his mother 's side , thereby showing his natural malevolence even in the moment of his birth .