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[[File:ACO_Bayek_fighting_Apep_in_the_Duat_Concept_Art.jpg|thumb|250px|Concept art of Bayek fighting Apep in his hallucination]] | [[File:ACO_Bayek_fighting_Apep_in_the_Duat_Concept_Art.jpg|thumb|250px|Concept art of Bayek fighting Apep in his hallucination]] | ||
'''Apep''', or '''Apophis''', is an ancient [[Egypt]]ian deity embodying chaos. He is usually depicted as a giant [[snake|serpent]] that devoured the hearts - and thus [[Ba|the souls]]- of the dead. In mythology, Apep and [[Ra]] have an eternal battle which represents the cycle of night and day. | '''Apep''', or '''Apophis''', is an ancient [[Egypt]]ian deity embodying chaos. He is usually depicted as a giant [[snake|serpent]] that devoured the hearts - and thus [[Ba|the souls]]- of the dead. In mythology, Apep and [[Ra]] have an eternal battle which represents the cycle of night and day. | ||
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*Apep's role as the Devourer is shared by a female monster named {{Wiki|Ammit}}. She has the head of a [[crocodile]], the front half of a [[lion]]ess and the rear half of a [[hippopotamus]]. If the heart is heavier than [[Ma'at]]'s feather on the scale, Ammit ate the heart. Once Ammit swallowed the heart, the soul was believed to become restless forever; this was called "to die a second time". | *Apep's role as the Devourer is shared by a female monster named {{Wiki|Ammit}}. She has the head of a [[crocodile]], the front half of a [[lion]]ess and the rear half of a [[hippopotamus]]. If the heart is heavier than [[Ma'at]]'s feather on the scale, Ammit ate the heart. Once Ammit swallowed the heart, the soul was believed to become restless forever; this was called "to die a second time". | ||
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Origins Quest14TheLizard'sMask Part10.PNG|Apep appearing in Bayek's vision | |||
Origins Quest14TheLizard'sMask Part11.PNG|Apep threatening Bayek | |||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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Apep, or Apophis, is an ancient Egyptian deity embodying chaos. He is usually depicted as a giant serpent that devoured the hearts - and thus the souls- of the dead. In mythology, Apep and Ra have an eternal battle which represents the cycle of night and day.
In 48 BCE, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa experienced a drug-induced hallucination in which he fought and defeated Apep with a glowing bow and arrows aboard Ra's solar barge.[1] A decade later, when Bayek seemingly visited the Duat as part of his mission to end the Curse of the Pharaohs, he found Apep's decaying skeleton.[2]
Trivia
- Apep's role as the Devourer is shared by a female monster named Ammit. She has the head of a crocodile, the front half of a lioness and the rear half of a hippopotamus. If the heart is heavier than Ma'at's feather on the scale, Ammit ate the heart. Once Ammit swallowed the heart, the soul was believed to become restless forever; this was called "to die a second time".
Gallery
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Apep appearing in Bayek's vision -
Apep threatening Bayek
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Origins
- The Curse of the Pharaohs (Skeleton only in the Duat)
References