Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Krokotopia – Apep the Snaky One

Apep the Snaky One – Apep/Apopis/Apophis Egyptian god of chaos
http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Apep_the_Snaky_One#axzz7XRKFhE00
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apep
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apopis-Egyptian-god
https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Apophis

We meet again, Wizard. I thought about dealing with you in Lower Zigazag, but something told me fate had bigger plans for us. Ammit is preparing to judge a group of Mander Souls now. If we hurry, I’ll make sure your soul is bumped to the head of the line!

Apep the Snaky One

Apep (also spelled Apepi or Aapep) or Apophis was the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied chaos (ı͗zft in Egyptian) and was thus the opponent of light and Ma’at (order/truth). He appears in art as a giant serpent. His name is reconstructed by Egyptologists as *ʻAʼpāp(ī), Apep was first mentioned in the Eighth Dynasty, and he was honored in the names of the Fourteenth Dynasty king ‘Apepi and of the Greater Hyksos king Apophis.

Fans of Stargate SG-1 may recall that the Gooa’uld system lords were worshipped as gods by the ancient Egyptians. Apophis was once an extremely powerful Goa’uld System Lord. The brother of the Supreme System Lord Ra, Apophis originally commanded a minor fleet, but grew in strength to command the power of multiple System Lords that had been killed during his reign. Ultimately, he succeeded Ra as the dominant System Lord after the latter’s death. He possessed only one human host in his life.

This is the forty-second article chronicling the #W101PopCulture references starting in Wizard City and the twenty-first (and currently final one) for Krokotopia. The current list of all the (known) Krokotopia references can be found here. These articles were originally put together for a Facebook group I belong to. Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Apep the Snaky One image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Apopis relief is borrowed from the Britianica.com website is a shared under their creative commons license.

Egyptian art of Apep from Tomb of Ramses I borrowed from Wikipedia, it is in the Public Domain.

Apophis from Stargate SG-1 photo is copyright MGM Television

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.