{"id":32714,"date":"2022-04-11T15:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:04:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:04:05","slug":"what-is-apophis-the-god-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Apophis the god of?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#What_is_Apophis_the_god_of\" title=\"What is Apophis the god of?\">What is Apophis the god of?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_most_evil_Egyptian_god\" title=\"Who is the most evil Egyptian god?\">Who is the most evil Egyptian god?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#What_type_of_snake_is_Apophis\" title=\"What type of snake is Apophis?\">What type of snake is Apophis?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_defeated_Apophis\" title=\"Who defeated Apophis?\">Who defeated Apophis?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#What_does_Apophis_represent\" title=\"What does Apophis represent?\">What does Apophis represent?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#What_powers_does_Apophis_have\" title=\"What powers does Apophis have?\">What powers does Apophis have?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_most_feared_Egyptian_god\" title=\"Who is the most feared Egyptian god?\">Who is the most feared Egyptian god?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_Egyptian_god_of_evil\" title=\"Who is the Egyptian god of evil?\">Who is the Egyptian god of evil?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_most_powerful_evil_god\" title=\"Who is the most powerful evil god?\">Who is the most powerful evil god?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_darkest_god\" title=\"Who is the darkest god?\">Who is the darkest god?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_Egyptian_god_of_snakes\" title=\"Who is the Egyptian god of snakes?\">Who is the Egyptian god of snakes?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Is_Apophis_male_or_female\" title=\"Is Apophis male or female?\">Is Apophis male or female?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Is_Apophis_a_dragon\" title=\"Is Apophis a dragon?\">Is Apophis a dragon?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#How_did_Ra_defeat_Apophis\" title=\"How did Ra defeat Apophis?\">How did Ra defeat Apophis?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Is_Apophis_Ras_brother\" title=\"Is Apophis Ra&#8217;s brother?\">Is Apophis Ra&#8217;s brother?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#What_does_Apophis_symbolize\" title=\"What does Apophis symbolize?\">What does Apophis symbolize?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#What_is_Apophis_known_for\" title=\"What is Apophis known for?\">What is Apophis known for?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Why_was_Apophis_evil\" title=\"Why was Apophis evil?\">Why was Apophis evil?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#What_is_Apophis_god_of\" title=\"What is Apophis god of?\">What is Apophis god of?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Does_Apophis_swallow_the_sun\" title=\"Does Apophis swallow the sun?\">Does Apophis swallow the sun?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_Egyptian_god_of_fear\" title=\"Who is the Egyptian god of fear?\">Who is the Egyptian god of fear?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_most_evil_god_of_Egypt\" title=\"Who is the most evil god of Egypt?\">Who is the most evil god of Egypt?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_was_the_evil_god_in_ancient_Egypt\" title=\"Who was the evil god in ancient Egypt?\">Who was the evil god in ancient Egypt?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_god_of_chaos_in_Egypt\" title=\"Who is the god of chaos in Egypt?\">Who is the god of chaos in Egypt?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-apophis-the-god-of\/#Who_is_the_god_of_death_in_Egypt\" title=\"Who is the god of death in Egypt?\">Who is the god of death in Egypt?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Apophis_the_god_of\"><\/span>What is Apophis the god of?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apep (also spelled Apepi or Aapep) or Apophis (\/u0259u02c8pou028afu026as\/; Ancient Greek: u1f0cu03c0u03bfu03c6u03b9u03c2) was the ancient Egyptian deity who <b>embodied chaos (u0131u0357zft in Egyptian) and was thus the opponent of light and Maat (order\/truth). He appears in art as a giant serpent.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_most_evil_Egyptian_god\"><\/span>Who is the most evil Egyptian god?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apopis<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_type_of_snake_is_Apophis\"><\/span>What type of snake is Apophis?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apophis was a <b>large golden snake known to be miles long. He was also so large, everyday, he attempted to swallow the sun. Set eventually became thought of as the god of evil, and gradually took on all the characteristics of Apep.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_defeated_Apophis\"><\/span>Who defeated Apophis?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ra<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_Apophis_represent\"><\/span>What does Apophis represent?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apophis is actually the ancient Greek name for an ancient Egyptian deity called Apepalso spelled Apepi or Aapepwho was seen as <b>the embodiment of chaos and the opponent of light and order in the cosmos.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_powers_does_Apophis_have\"><\/span>What powers does Apophis have?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apophis (Egyptian Apep) was the great adversary of the sun god, Re. and was the very embodiment of the powers of <b>dissolution, darkness and non-being. Hence, he was a sort of void or black hole forcing those he swallowed into that non-existence which the Egyptians feared so greatly.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_most_feared_Egyptian_god\"><\/span>Who is the most feared Egyptian god?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Who was the most feared Egyptian god?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Osiris.  <\/li>\n<li>Seth, the god of disorder, murdered his brother Osiris, the god of order.  <\/li>\n<li>Shu, in Egyptian religion, god of the air and supporter of the sky, created by Atum by his own power, without the aid of a woman.  <\/li>\n<li>EPIALES was the personified spirit (daimon) of nightmares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_Egyptian_god_of_evil\"><\/span>Who is the Egyptian god of evil?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apep (Aapep, Apepi or Apophis) was the ancient Egyptian spirit of evil, darkness and destruction.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_most_powerful_evil_god\"><\/span>Who is the most powerful evil god?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With the Infinity Gauntlet, <b>Thanos sits at the top of the list of the most powerful evil Marvel gods.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_darkest_god\"><\/span>Who is the darkest god?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>EREBUS (Erebos) The primeval god of darkness.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_Egyptian_god_of_snakes\"><\/span>Who is the Egyptian god of snakes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Nehebkau (also spelled Nehebu-Kau) is the primordial snake god in ancient Egyptian mythology. Although originally considered an evil spirit, he later functions as a funerary god associated with the afterlife.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Apophis_male_or_female\"><\/span>Is Apophis male or female?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apophis is actually the ancient Greek name for an ancient Egyptian deity called Apepalso spelled Apepi or Aapepwho was seen as <b>the embodiment of chaos and the opponent of light and order in the cosmos.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Apophis_a_dragon\"><\/span>Is Apophis a dragon?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Trivia. In the real Egyptian hieroglyphs, Apophis\/Apep is always depicted as a snake-like god, <b>neither male nor female<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_did_Ra_defeat_Apophis\"><\/span>How did Ra defeat Apophis?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To defeat this malevolent force a ritual known as Banishing Apep was conducted annually by the priests of Ra. <b>An effigy of Apep was taken into the temple and imbued with all of the evil of the land.<\/b><b>The effigy was then beaten, crushed smeared with mud and burned<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Apophis_Ras_brother\"><\/span>Is Apophis Ra&#8217;s brother?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apopis<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_Apophis_symbolize\"><\/span>What does Apophis symbolize?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apophis is actually the ancient Greek name for an ancient Egyptian deity called Apepalso spelled Apepi or Aapepwho was seen as <b>the embodiment of chaos and the opponent of light and order in the cosmos.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Apophis_known_for\"><\/span>What is Apophis known for?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apopis, also called Apep, Apepi, or Rerek, <b>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. Although many serpents symbolized divinity and royalty, Apopis threatened the underworld and symbolized evil.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_was_Apophis_evil\"><\/span>Why was Apophis evil?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apophis became the enemy of the sun god because the sun was the first sign of the created world and symbolized divine order, light, life, and if he could swallow the sun god, he could return the world to a unity of darkness.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Apophis_god_of\"><\/span>What is Apophis god of?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apopis, also called Apep, Apepi, or Rerek, <b>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.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Apophis_swallow_the_sun\"><\/span>Does Apophis swallow the sun?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apophis is actually the ancient Greek name for an ancient Egyptian deity called Apepalso spelled Apepi or Aapepwho was seen as <b>the embodiment of chaos and the opponent of light and order in the cosmos.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_Egyptian_god_of_fear\"><\/span>Who is the Egyptian god of fear?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>The Strongest Gods of Egyptian Pantheon<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1)Osiris. Osiris, the eldest son of the soil god Zeb and the sky goddess Nut, was worshipped as the deity of the afterlife by the ancient Egyptians, who believed in life after death.  <\/li>\n<li>2)Isis. Isiss roots remain a mystery.  <\/li>\n<li>3)Horus.  <\/li>\n<li>4)Seth.  <\/li>\n<li>5)Ptah.  <\/li>\n<li>8)Anubis.  <\/li>\n<li>9)Thoth.  <\/li>\n<li>10)Bastet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_most_evil_god_of_Egypt\"><\/span>Who is the most evil god of Egypt?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Apep (also spelled Apepi or Aapep) or Apophis (\/u0259u02c8pou028afu026as\/; Ancient Greek: u1f0cu03c0u03bfu03c6u03b9u03c2) was the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied chaos (u0131u0357zft in Egyptian) and was thus the opponent of light and Maat (order\/truth). He appears in art as a giant serpent.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_was_the_evil_god_in_ancient_Egypt\"><\/span>Who was the evil god in ancient Egypt?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Apep (Aapep, Apepi or Apophis) was the ancient Egyptian spirit of evil, darkness and destruction. As the arch enemy of the sun god, Ra, he was a malevolent force who could never be entirely vanquished.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_god_of_chaos_in_Egypt\"><\/span>Who is the god of chaos in Egypt?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Seth was the god of chaos, violence, deserts, and storms. In the Osiris myth, he is the murderer of Osiris (in some versions of the myth, he tricks Osiris into laying down in a coffin and then seals it shut.)<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_god_of_death_in_Egypt\"><\/span>Who is the god of death in Egypt?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Anubis, also called Anpu, ancient Egyptian god of the dead, represented by a jackal or the figure of a man with the head of a jackal. In the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he enjoyed a preeminent (though not exclusive) position as lord of the dead, but he was later overshadowed by Osiris.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What is Apophis the god of?Who is the most evil Egyptian god?What type of snake is Apophis?Who defeated Apophis?What does Apophis represent?What powers does Apophis have?Who is the most feared Egyptian god?Who is the Egyptian god of evil?Who is the most powerful evil god?Who is the darkest god?Who is the Egyptian god&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}