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  2. Apep - Wikipedia

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    The snake on the inside rim is believed to be Apep. The few descriptions of Apep's origin in myth usually demonstrate that it was born after Ra, usually from his umbilical cord. Geraldine Pinch claims that a much later creation myth explained that, "Apophis sprang from the saliva of the goddess Neith when she was still in the primeval waters ...

  3. List of dragons in mythology and folklore - Wikipedia

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    Apep or Apophis: The giant Snake or Serpent of Chaos from Egyptian mythology. Ouroboros: The "tail-eater" snake or serpent. Jaculus: A small mythical serpent or dragon. It can be shown with wings and sometimes has front legs. Nyanga dragons Kirimu: A dragon from the Mwindo Epic. It is described as a large animal with black hide, teeth like a ...

  4. Apophis - Wikipedia

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    Apep or Apophis, an Ancient Egyptian mythological deity who was the primordial force [or embodiment] of chaos. Apepi (pharaoh) or Apophis (reigned c. 1580–1550 BC), a 15th-Dynasty Hyksos pharaoh Other uses

  5. Set (deity) - Wikipedia

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    Set had a positive role where he accompanied Ra on his barque to repel Apep (Apophis), the serpent of Chaos. [7]: 269 Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. [7]: 269 He was lord of the Red Land (desert), where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the Black Land (fertile land). [7]: 269

  6. Ouroboros - Wikipedia

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    The ouroboros is often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a cycle of life, death and rebirth; the snake's skin-sloughing symbolises the transmigration of souls. The snake biting its own tail is a fertility symbol in some religions: the tail is a phallic symbol and the mouth is a yonic or womb-like symbol. [9]

  7. Laophis - Wikipedia

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    Laophis (From Ancient Greek, stone snake) [1] is a genus of viperid snake currently containing one known species that lived during the Pliocene in Northern Greece. [2] Few fossil vertebrae of this species was found in Thessaloniki, Greece. [3]

  8. Ra - Wikipedia

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    Every night Apophis attempted to attack Ra and stop the sun-boat's journey. After defeating the snake, Ra would leave the underworld, returning emerging at dawn, lighting the day again. He was said to travel across the sky in his falcon-headed form on the Mandjet Barque through the hours of the day, and then switch to the Mesektet Barque in his ...

  9. The Serpent's Shadow (Riordan novel) - Wikipedia

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    Apophis: The embodiment of Chaos and ancient enemy of Ra. He used the demon Face of Horror as his host. Julius Kane: An Egyptian magician who becomes the host of Osiris and releases the gods from their prisons. He is Carter and Sadie Kane's father. His wife, Ruby Kane, died trying to free Bast and seal away the chaos snake Apophis in Cleopatra ...