As such, he made repeated attempts on Ra’s life who, in his capacity of sun-giver, embodied everything that Apep opposed. In the most famous myth concerning Bastet, she took her cat form and ...

Conversely, the giant serpent Apep represented chaos and disorder ... His staff has two snakes winding up its length and topped by wings. In one myth explaining the origin of the caduceus ...

But looking at the bigger picture, snakes seem to slither just as prominently — if not more so — through the myths and symbols ... wisdom of the civilization. Apep, a massive serpent, was ...