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| | Apep, Water Snake-Demon of Chaos, Enemy of Ra... |
 | | Apep (Apepi, Aapep, Apophis) was a demon of the underworld, in the form of a giant water snake. |
 | | Apep is also shown as being decapitated by Ra in the form of the 'The Great Cat of Iunu (On, Heliopolis)', at the foot of the sacred ished or the sacred sycamore tree of the horizon. |
 | | In these Apep is referred to as a crocodile and a serpent, and it is described how by the aid of sympathetic magic he is to be speared, cut with knives, decapitated, roasted, and finally consumed by fire, and his evil followers also. |
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