Editing Apophis (section)

==Features==
Because [[Ra]] was the [[solar deity]], bringer of light, and thus the upholder of [[Maat]], Apophis was viewed as the greatest enemy of [[Ra]], and thus was given the title ''Enemy of [[Ra]]'', and also "the Lord of Chaos".

"The Lord of Chaos" was seen as a giant [[snake]] or [[Serpent (symbolism)|serpent]] leading to such titles as ''Serpent from the Nile'' and ''Evil [[Dragon]]''. Some elaborations said that he stretched 16 [[yard]]s in length and had a head made of [[flint]]. 

Presented on a [[Amratian culture|Naqada I]] (c. 4000–3550 BCE) C-ware bowl (now in Cairo) a snake was painted on the inside rim combined with other desert and aquatic animals as an enemy of a deity, seemingly a solar deity, who is invisibly hunting in a big rowing vessel.<ref>C. Wolterman, in ''Jaarbericht van Ex Oriente Lux'', Leiden Nr.37 (2002).</ref> The snake on the inside rim is believed to be Apophis.

The few descriptions of the origin of Apophis in myth usually demonstrate that it was born after [[Ra]], usually from his [[umbilical cord]]. Geraldine Pinch claims that a much later creation myth explained that, "Apophis sprang from the saliva of the goddess [[Neith]] when she was still in the primeval waters. Her spit became a snake 120 yards long."<ref name="archive.org">{{cite book |last1=Pinch |first1=Geraldine |url=https://archive.org/details/handbook-of-egyptian-mythology-by-geraldine-pinch |title=Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt |date=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-517024-5 |pages=106}}</ref> 
But Apophis was commonly believed to have existed from the beginning of time in the waters of [[Nu (mythology)|Nu]] of primeval chaos.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/TheCompleteGodsAndGoddessesOfAncientEgypt |title=The Complete Gods And Goddesses Of Ancient Egypt |language=English}}</ref>