Egyptian Underworld Mythology: The Second Gate (Part 2 of 12) #historyshorts #egypt
Step deeper into the mysteries of Egyptian mythology — this is Part 2 of our 12-part series on the Twelve Gates of the Duat.
In this episode, we reveal the secrets of the Second Gate, known as “The One Who Destroys All Enemies.” Here, souls faced not just one monster, but three fire-breathing serpents, terrifying gatekeepers like “He Who Cuts the Shadows” and “She Who Devours the Dead,” and doors reinforced with fire and magical spears. To survive, they had to recite even more spells and reveal hidden names — basically the world’s hardest oral exam, graded with flames.
🔥 Each episode in this series explores a new gate — stranger, darker, and more dramatic than the last.
📖 Sources / References :
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (trans. Faulkner, 1972)
Hornung, Erik: The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife (1999)
Pinch, Geraldine: Egyptian Mythology (2004)
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