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Apophis

Apophis is an Egyptian dragon that lives in darkness. He is also described or called a serpent or snake god and is the enemy of Re the sun god. He is the personification of evil and chaos. Every night as Re makes his journey through the underworld, Apophis, the Egyptian dragon, tries to stop the sun god's bargue from completing it's journey. Re is victorious over Apophis and brings the sun to rise in the morning. Apophis does has one or two small victories that are short lived and are evidenced by the witnessing of a solar eclipse.

Apophis is also called by the names Aapep, Apep, Apepi, Apop and Apopis.