Thread by @CreedLandmarks

Let's learn about that BIG SNAKE in #AssassinsCreed Origins: APEP!🐍

Apep is the enemy of Ra. Where Ra is light, Apep is the Dark.

I will go over the WAR b/w Apep & Ra (2-3), what Egyptians thought of the war & how they weakened Apep(4-6), & how it relates to Bayek (7-8).

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🔲Before creation, Apep lived in Dark Waters filled w/ chaos. Nothing disturbed Apep in Darkness till Creation of the Sun.☀️

🔲 1st Ancient Egyptian God, Atum, created order stepping on a primordial mound & "order rose from chaos & the first sunrise appeared."🌅 (Ancient)

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🔲Atum, was later named as the Sun God Ra. Apep Hated Ra for creating order b/c it Loved Chaos.

🔲Apep hated that there was now a Duality, not everything was Unified in Darkness, but separated bc of ☀️& life.

🔲For this, he haunted Ra each time the☀️disappeared from Egypt.

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🔲Ancient Egyptians believed Ra ☀️sailed past the Egyptian sky. When it disappeared, they thought Ra was battling Apep to show up next day.☀️vs.🐍

🔲Natural causes (Eclipses, Earthquakes,⛈️) were thought as Apep had weakened Ra & the Gods.(Egyptian)

🔲Apep is Immortal 👇

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🔲Even if it was a great Sunny day😃, it didn't mean Apep's death🙃. When ☀️ went out, Apep "rose again... & attacked the sun god's boat."(Ancient)

🔲Egyptians HATED Apep, made models of it only to burn it for Ra to prevail another day

🔲It represented people's Darkness.👿

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🔲Identity for Egyptians was a BIG deal in their culture.

🔲By 🔥 models of Apep, they secured their good identity, let go of 👿 thoughts.

🔲Apep "represented everything the Egyptians feared: darkness, oblivion, & the loss of one's identity."

🔲This correlates to Bayek.👇

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🔲#ACFacts: Bayek was FILLED with Darkness after his Son, Khemu's death. Upon drug hallucination, he battled Apep, the darkness within him.

His identity was lost, driven to oblivion. In the end, he found the light & put it inside him meeting Khemu in the field of Reeds☀️🌅.

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#AssassinsCreed Myth Accuracy:

🔲Ra is depicted in Myth to fight Apep on His boat, that's where you see Bayek fight it!⛵️

🔲Bayek is given Light energy 🏹 by Ra 🦅to fight Apep = the fight between Light Vs. Darkness.

🔲The Waters/Apep= Darkness, Field of Reeds=Light!☀️🌻

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Sources:
ancient.eu/Apophis/
egyptian-gods.org/egyptian-gods-…

More AC Lore on Apep? Here's @AC_Wiki's Link!👇

assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Apep

1 More thing: Apep still lives on today in Christianity, the snake being represented as Devil vs. God.(Ancient)

Thanks for Reading Assassins!☀️🐍😊