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Apophis is sometimes depicted as a coiled serpent but, often, as dismembered, being cut into pieces, or under attack. Contents[show] Battles with Ra Apep was given the title, Enemy of Ra,because he would always battle with the sun god Ra Apep had a fa other gods that travelled with him. Finally, Yam was a Semitic god that made its way into Egypt. He was known elsewhere as a tyrannical, monstrous deity of the sea and other bodies of water. Apopis, ancient Egyptian demon of chaos, who had the form of a serpent and, as the foe of the sun god, Re, represented all that was outside the ordered cosmos. It was believed in ancient Egypt that Geb's laughter created earthquakes and that he allowed crops to grow. Apep was usually depicted as an evil serpent that would battle Ra and bring darkness to the world. While many stories of these battles tell of other gods fighting and defeating Apophis, there is also a story of Ra himself transforming into a cat to defeat the snake. It was known as ‘Coiled serpent board game’. History. Lower Egypt was the kingdom based around the Nile Delta. Apep (Aapep, Apepi or Apophis) was the ancient Egyptian spirit of evil, darkness and destruction. mehen-snake-game-board Pantheon: Egyptian. In Minoa, the Snake Goddess was addressed as A-sa-sa-ra-me and was related to the Hittite Ishassara, the Khmer Apsara and the Canaanite Asherah. Winged snakes are depicted in Egyptian art and are found frequently in religious texts painted in the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. In later periods she was depicted with a woman's body and a hare's head.--~Attributes and Correspondences~--Area of Influence: Snakes, Patron God. Geb was the Egyptian god of the Earth and later a member of the Ennead of Heliopolis.He had a viper around his head and was thus also considered the father of snakes. The snake in this form was a symbol of the goddess Wadjet, an ancient protective deity of Lower Egypt. Apart from the name of a snake god, the name ‘Mehen’ was also used to be referred to as a board game which was in fact used to be played in ancient Egypt. Unut - Snake Goddess. Wadjet was sometimes depicted as a winged snake. Unut - An Egyptian Hare Goddess who was originally depicted as a snake Goddess. Apophis isn’t really mentioned in the early era of Egyptian history. Pre-Christian Ireland, Scotland and England also worshipped the serpent. The Snake Goddess of Egypt, Wadjet, was protector of the land, kings, and women in childbirth. Although many serpents symbolized divinity and royalty, Apopis threatened the underworld and symbolized evil. Unut ("The Swift One") (Wenut, Wenet) was a snake goodess from the 15th Nome of Upper Egypt and was worshipped with Thoth. Mehen the Ancient Egyptian Game. The earliest evidence of the playing of this game came from the pre-dynastic period. Each night Apopis encountered (Wadjet, Wedjet, Wadjit) Wosyet - Protector of the young. 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