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* One particularly horrific area of the afterlife is the Burning Pits of Duat, a pre-Hell lake of fire overseen by Am-Heh, the Devourer of Millions, a dog-headed God who likes to eat souls
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* One particularly horrific area of the afterlife is the Burning Pits of Duat, a pre-Hell lake of fire overseen by Am-Heh, the Devourer of Millions, a dog-headed God who likes to eat souls
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* If you haven't prepared well enough for the journey in life, the Underworld is incredibly unpleasant. After you die, ahead of you is a long journey where you face all manner of evil and frightening monsters that want to eat your soul, as well as unwelcoming geography like lakes of fire. Your only hope to succeed through all of that is having the proper spells and other preparations on your corpse, and more often than not the "surviving" dead become evil spirits.
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* If you haven't prepared well enough for the journey in life, the Underworld is incredibly unpleasant. After you die, ahead of you is a long journey where you face all manner of evil and frightening monsters and demons that want to eat your soul, as well as unwelcoming geography like lakes of fire. Your only hope to succeed through all of that is having the proper spells and other preparations on your corpse, and more often than not the "surviving" dead become evil spirits.
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The way Sekhmet's defeat is described here does not really come across as nightmarish (IMO it's more clever and cool than scary; the scary part is the fact that she drinks blood, not the one specific time where it wasn't actually blood).
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* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- her own father -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have [[KillAllHumans wiped out all of humanity]] if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red with ocher) was set and she mistook it for a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately drank the whole thing without a second thought.
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red with ocher) was set and she mistook it for a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately drank the whole thing without a second thought.
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* Sekhmet's rampage. Ra created Sekhmet to get revenge on a group that conspired against him, but as she killed them, she developed a taste for blood (both metaphorically and [[{{Bloodlust}} literally]]) and turned into an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac, gleefully wiping out entire cities and gorging herself on the blood that soaked the ground afterwards. Not even Ra -- her own father -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have [[KillAllHumans wiped out all of humanity]] if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red with ocher) was set and she mistook it for a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately drank the whole thing without a second thought.out.
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red with ocher) was set and she mistook it for a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately drank the whole thing without a second thought.
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* Apep (Apophis, as the Greeks called him), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory concept]] in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own, but the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apep is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''' because he always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back from every death]], no matter how many times Ra destroys him. While humans pray to Apep, humans are worshipping ''[[TheDreaded against]]'' it, hoping that prayers and rituals will hinder the serpent. In the end, [[InvincibleVillain Apep is virtually invincible]], and his temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
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* Apep (Apophis, as the Greeks called him), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory concept]] in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own, but the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apep is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''' because he always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back from every death]], no matter how many times Ra destroys him. While humans Humans don't pray to Apep, humans are rather they're worshipping ''[[TheDreaded against]]'' it, him, hoping that prayers and rituals will hinder the serpent. In the end, [[InvincibleVillain Apep is virtually invincible]], and his temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
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* If you haven't prepared well enough for the journey in life, the Egyptian afterlife is incredibly unpleasant. After you die, ahead of you is a long journey where you face all manner of evil and frightening monsters that want to eat your soul, as well as unwelcoming geography like lakes of fire. Your only hope to succeed through all of that is having the proper spells and other preparations on your corpse, and more often than not the "surviving" dead become evil spirits.
* Apep (aka Apophis), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory concept]] in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own, but the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''' because Apophis always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back from every death]], no matter how many times Ra destroys the serpent. While humans pray to Apophis, humans are worshipping ''[[TheDreaded against]]'' it, hoping that prayers and rituals will hinder the serpent. In the end, [[InvincibleVillain Apophis is virtually invincible]], and its temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have [[KillAllHumans wiped out all of humanity]] if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
* Apep (aka Apophis), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory concept]] in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own, but the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''' because Apophis always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back from every death]], no matter how many times Ra destroys the serpent. While humans pray to Apophis, humans are worshipping ''[[TheDreaded against]]'' it, hoping that prayers and rituals will hinder the serpent. In the end, [[InvincibleVillain Apophis is virtually invincible]], and its temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have [[KillAllHumans wiped out all of humanity]] if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
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* If you haven't prepared well enough for the journey in life, the Egyptian afterlife Underworld is incredibly unpleasant. After you die, ahead of you is a long journey where you face all manner of evil and frightening monsters that want to eat your soul, as well as unwelcoming geography like lakes of fire. Your only hope to succeed through all of that is having the proper spells and other preparations on your corpse, and more often than not the "surviving" dead become evil spirits.
* Apep(aka Apophis), (Apophis, as the Greeks called him), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] [[CosmicHorrorStory concept]] in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own, but the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis Apep is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''' because Apophis he always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back from every death]], no matter how many times Ra destroys the serpent. him. While humans pray to Apophis, Apep, humans are worshipping ''[[TheDreaded against]]'' it, hoping that prayers and rituals will hinder the serpent. In the end, [[InvincibleVillain Apophis Apep is virtually invincible]], and its his temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra --who created her, by the way her own father -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have [[KillAllHumans wiped out all of humanity]] if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyedred) red with ocher) was set and she was told mistook it was for a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks drank the whole thing without a second thought.
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* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra --
** How she was tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed
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* Apep (aka Apophis), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] concept in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''', as no matter how many times Ra kills him, Apophis always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back good as new]]. Even with rituals and prayers, all you can do is stall him because [[InvincibleVillain Apophis is virtually invincible]], and his temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
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* Apep (aka Apophis), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] concept [[CosmicHorrorStory concept]] in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own. But own, but the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''', as no matter how many times Ra kills him, immortal]]''' because Apophis always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back good as new]]. Even with from every death]], no matter how many times Ra destroys the serpent. While humans pray to Apophis, humans are worshipping ''[[TheDreaded against]]'' it, hoping that prayers and rituals and prayers, all you can do is stall him because will hinder the serpent. In the end, [[InvincibleVillain Apophis is virtually invincible]], and his its temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
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* Apep (aka Apophis), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] concept in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a massive snake]], is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis seems to be NighInvulnerable, as no matter how many times Ra kills him, Apophis always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back good as new]], essentially portraying him as an [[InvincibleVillain unstoppable force of evil]] whose temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
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* Apep (aka Apophis), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-Lovecraftian]] concept in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a massive diabolical snake]], is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis seems to be NighInvulnerable, is '''[[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]''', as no matter how many times Ra kills him, Apophis always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back good as new]], essentially portraying new]]. Even with rituals and prayers, all you can do is stall him as an because [[InvincibleVillain unstoppable force of evil]] whose Apophis is virtually invincible]], and his temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
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* Apep, as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. Sweet dreams!
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* Apep, Apep (aka Apophis), as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, proto-Lovecraftian]] concept in the shape of [[SnakesAreSinister a massive snake]], is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. To make matters worse, Apophis seems to be NighInvulnerable, as no matter how many times Ra kills him, Apophis always [[ResurrectiveImmortality comes back good as new]], essentially portraying him as an [[InvincibleVillain unstoppable force of evil]] whose temporary defeat is merely delaying the inevitable [[OmnicidalManiac annihilation of all light and life]]. Sweet dreams!
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** How was she tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
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** How she was she tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer dyed red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
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** How was she tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer painted red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
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** How was she tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer painted dyed red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
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changed the first sentence it to read as more opinion-based: "notoriously" implies a consensus I haven't observed among scholarship. Also revised it to keep a consistent verb tense.
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* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have wiped out all of humanity if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
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* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have [[KillAllHumans wiped out all of humanity humanity]] if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
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* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have wiped out all of humanity if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
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* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have wiped out all of humanity if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.out.
** How was she tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer painted red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
** How was she tricked into passing out also deserves mention. A whole lake of liquor (sometimes said it was wine and sometimes it's said it was beer painted red) was set and she was told it was a ''lake of blood''. Sekhmet immediately falls for it and drinks the whole thing without a second thought.
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* Apep, as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. Sweet dreams!
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* Apep, as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. Sweet dreams!dreams!
* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have wiped out all of humanity if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
* Sekhmet's rampage. Not even Ra -- who created her, by the way -- was able to call her off, and she could very well have wiped out all of humanity if she hadn't been magically pacified after getting tricked into drinking so much she passed out.
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Reading the source I can only see a very small link between Kek and a "slaughterhouse", with nothing mentioned about "carving them up", it just reads as sending them "into the abyss".
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* Apep, as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. Sweet dreams!
* Kek might be a silly concept (unless you don't find neo-nazis funny...), but the Hebdomad as a whole are said to operate a ''salughterhouse'' in the afterlife, where they butcher people up. [[https://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/hermopolitan-ogdoad/ Not joking]].
* Kek might be a silly concept (unless you don't find neo-nazis funny...), but the Hebdomad as a whole are said to operate a ''salughterhouse'' in the afterlife, where they butcher people up. [[https://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/hermopolitan-ogdoad/ Not joking]].
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* Apep, as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. Sweet dreams!
* Kek might be a silly concept (unless you don't find neo-nazis funny...), but the Hebdomad as a whole are said to operate a ''salughterhouse'' in the afterlife, where they butcher people up. [[https://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/hermopolitan-ogdoad/ Not joking]].dreams!
* Kek might be a silly concept (unless you don't find neo-nazis funny...), but the Hebdomad as a whole are said to operate a ''salughterhouse'' in the afterlife, where they butcher people up. [[https://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/hermopolitan-ogdoad/ Not joking]].
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* The Egyptian afterlife is notoriously unpleasant. After you die, ahead of you is a long journey where you face all manner of evil and frightening monsters that want to eat your soul, as well as unwelcoming geography like lakes of fire. Your only hope to succeed through all of that was if you had spells and other preparations on your corpse, and more often than not the "surviving" dead became evil spirits.
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* The Egyptian afterlife is notoriously unpleasant. After you die, ahead of you is a long journey where you face all manner of evil and frightening monsters that want to eat your soul, as well as unwelcoming geography like lakes of fire. Your only hope to succeed through all of that was if you had spells and other preparations on your corpse, and more often than not the "surviving" dead became evil spirits.spirits.
* Apep, as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. Sweet dreams!
* Kek might be a silly concept (unless you don't find neo-nazis funny...), but the Hebdomad as a whole are said to operate a ''salughterhouse'' in the afterlife, where they butcher people up. [[https://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/hermopolitan-ogdoad/ Not joking]].
* Apep, as a [[EldritchAbomination proto-lovecraftian]] concept, is awful enough on its own. But the few records there are of its conception claim it is Ra's [[BodyHorror umbilical]] [[EvilIsVisceral cord]]. Sweet dreams!
* Kek might be a silly concept (unless you don't find neo-nazis funny...), but the Hebdomad as a whole are said to operate a ''salughterhouse'' in the afterlife, where they butcher people up. [[https://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/hermopolitan-ogdoad/ Not joking]].
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