Apophis

The god of snakes and war. He is also known as Apep, an evil demon who lives in the Duat. Most of the time, he is shown as a snake and is associated with chaos and darkness. He was defeated by Seth when he accompanied Ra in the Duat. Ra also fought him and always won except during an eclipse, where the Egyptians believed that Ra was devoured by Apophis.

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