Dragons of Fame

Ka-en-ankh Nereru

Type/Species: Wurm
Origin: Egyptian Mythology

History: The sun god Ra travels across the night sky in his boat each day, and every night as the boat reaches the horizon, the entire boat enters the tail of Ka-en-ankh Nereru, the cosmic serpent of Egyptian mythology.¹ Unlike the serpent Apep, who antagonizes Ra, Ka-en-ankh Nereru rejuvenates him and his cohorts right before they emerge in the east.¹

Physical Description: In the Book of the Coming Forth into Day, this is a vast serpent, so vast in fact that its body stretches over the entire sky.¹

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