Apep

Apep
A depiction of Apep based on the depiction in the tomb of Ramesses I.
Name in hieroglyphs
O29
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I14
[1][2]
AbodeDuat
SymbolSnake
TextsSpells of Coming Forth by Day
Genealogy
ParentsNone, Neith (in some myths)
SiblingsRa[dubiousdiscuss]

Apep (Ancient Egyptian: ꜥꜣpp), also known as Aphoph (/ə.ˈfɒf/, Coptic: Ⲁⲫⲱⲫ, romanized: Aphōph)[1] or Apophis (/ə.ˈpɒ.fɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις, romanizedÁpophis), is the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied darkness and disorder, and was thus the opponent of light and Maat (order/truth). Re was the bringer of light and hence the biggest opposer of Apep.

  1. ^ a b Erman, Adolf, and Hermann Grapow, eds. 1926–1953. Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache im Auftrage der deutschen Akademien. 6 vols. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schen Buchhandlungen. (Reprinted Berlin: Akademie-Verlag GmbH, 1971).
  2. ^ Hieroglyph as per Budge Gods of the Ancient Egyptians (1969), Vol. I, 180.

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