Apophis

This article is about the ancient Egyptian deity. For the asteroid, see 99942 Apophis. For other uses, see Apophis (disambiguation).

"Apep" redirects here. For other uses, see Apep (disambiguation).

Apophis
Personification of Chaos and Darkness
A depiction of Apophis based on the depiction in the tomb of Ramesses I.
Name in hieroglyphs
Original pronunciation	Apep
Abode	Duat
Symbol	Snake
Enemy	Ra
Texts	Book of the Dead
Gender	Male
Genealogy
Parents	None Neith (in some myths)
Siblings	None Ra (in some myths), Sobek (in some myths)

Apophis (/ə.ˈpɒ.fɪs/; from Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις, romanized: Ápophis), also known as Apep (Ancient Egyptian: 𓉻𓐰𓊪𓐱𓊪𓆙, romanized: ꜥꜣpp) or Aphoph (/ə.ˈfɒf/, Coptic: Ⲁⲫⲱⲫ, romanized: Aphōph) is the ancient Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire, and is thus the opponent of light and Maat (order/truth). Ra was the bringer of light and hence the biggest opposer of Apophis, who was usually depicted as a giant snake or serpent.