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Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Apep
Egyptian
Region
Egypt & North Africa
Era
Ancient Egyptian ritual cosmology
Collection note
WDD-EGY-001
Apep is not a guardian dragon but a force of devouring darkness. In Egyptian cosmology, it rises each night against the solar journey of Ra, a vast serpent of chaos that must be resisted again and again.
Role
Embodiment of chaos opposing the solar order
Catalog no.
WDD-EGY-001
Series
Atlas Archive
In Egypt, the serpent waits in the dark beyond the sun's passage.
Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Apep
Egyptian
Region
Egypt & North Africa
Era
Ancient Egyptian ritual cosmology
Collection note
WDD-EGY-001
Apep is not a guardian dragon but a force of devouring darkness. In Egyptian cosmology, it rises each night against the solar journey of Ra, a vast serpent of chaos that must be resisted again and again.
Role
Embodiment of chaos opposing the solar order
Catalog no.
WDD-EGY-001
Series
Atlas Archive
In Egypt, the serpent waits in the dark beyond the sun's passage.