Encyclopedia > Apep

Article Content

Apep

In Egyptian mythology, Apep was a monster that lived in the underworld. Every night, he tried to kill Re (the sun god) but was stopped by Set and Mehen. Re (or Set) eventually killed him.

Alternative: Apophis, Apepi, Aapep

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Marion, New York

... or Latino of any race. There are 329 households out of which 22.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% are married couples living together, 8.2% ...