Editing Apophis (section)

{{short description|Ancient Egyptian deity}}
{{about|the ancient Egyptian deity}}
{{redirect|Apep}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Apophis 
| image = Apep (Deity).svg
| alt = 
| caption = A depiction of Apophis based on the depiction in the [[KV16|tomb of Ramesses I]].
| hiero = <hiero>O29:p*p-I14</hiero><ref name="Wörterbuch" /><ref>Hieroglyph as per Budge ''Gods of the Ancient Egyptians'' (1969), Vol. I, 180.</ref></td>
| abode = [[Egyptian underworld|Duat]]
| cult_center = 
| symbol = Snake
| texts = [[Spells of Coming Forth by Day]]
| parents = None, [[Neith]] (in some myths)
| siblings = None, [[Ra]] (in some myths), [[Sobek]] (in some myths)
| enemy = [[Ra]]
| offspring = 
}}
{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}

'''Apophis''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|.|ˈ|p|ɒ|.|f|ɪ|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἄποφις|Ápophis}}), also known as '''Apep''' ({{langx|egy|ꜥꜣpp}}) or '''Aphoph''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|.|ˈ|f|ɒ|f}}, {{langx|cop|Ⲁⲫⲱⲫ|Aphōph}})<ref name="Wörterbuch">[[Adolf Erman|Erman, Adolf]], and [[Hermann Grapow]], eds. 1926&ndash;1953. ''Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache im Auftrage der deutschen Akademien''. 6 vols. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schen Buchhandlungen. (Reprinted Berlin: Akademie-Verlag GmbH, 1971).</ref> is the [[Ancient Egyptian deities|ancient Egyptian deity]] who embodied darkness and [[Isfet (Egyptian mythology)|disorder]], and was thus the opponent of light and [[Maat]] (order/[[truth]]). [[Ra]] was the bringer of light and hence the biggest opposer of Apophis.