All 27 Uses
serpent
in
The Red Pyramid
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- Dad threw his staff at the fiery man's feet, and it changed into an enormous serpent—ten feet long and as big around as I was—with coppery scales and glowing red eyes.†
Chpt 2serpent = snake
- It lunged at the fiery man, who effortlessly grabbed the serpent by its neck.†
Chpt 2 *
- His left eyebrow crept higher and higher as I told him the strange bits like the glowing letters and serpent staff.†
Chpt 3
- The cat-serpent jumped back into the pool to join its companion in beating up Philip, who spun and snapped but seemed unable to hurt his attackers.†
Chpt 8
- Serpent leopards.†
Chpt 8
- Seated pharaohs were chiseled into the walls, and the doorway was shaped like a coiled serpent.†
Chpt 13
- A man in tattered robes, with a shaggy black beard and wild eyes, threw down his staff, which turned into a serpent and devoured a dozen other snakes.†
Chpt 14
- He protected the sun god's boat from the serpent Apophis.†
Chpt 20
- That night, the serpent slipped into Ra's bedroom and bit him on the ankle.†
Chpt 23
- "Don't say the Serpent's name," Bast warned.†
Chpt 26
- I fought the Serpent for ages.†
Chpt 26
- He bound me to the Serpent with his last spell.†
Chpt 26
- He cast us both into that abyss, where I was charged to fight the Serpent and keep it down forever.†
Chpt 26
- The Serpent and I would rip each other to nothingness, and the world would be safe.†
Chpt 26
- The Serpent was already greatly weakened from eons of fighting with me, and when your mother used her own life force to close the abyss, well ...she worked a powerful feat of magic.†
Chpt 26
- There should've been no way for the Serpent to break through that kind of seal.†
Chpt 26
- I tried to imagine the serpent, Apophis—a creature of chaos even worse than Set.†
Chpt 26
- Your father told me that your mother had foreseen ...horrible things if the Serpent overcame me.†
Chpt 26
- Chaos will overcome Ma'at, and the Serpent will reign forever.†
Chpt 27
- In exchange for my freedom, he gave me a job even more important than fighting the Serpent: protecting Sadie—and if it ever became necessary, protecting both of you.†
Chpt 29
- I spotted all kinds of summoned beasts—lions, serpents, sphinxes, and even some hippos charging through the enemy like tanks.†
Chpt 38serpents = snakes
- But the feather exploded into silver dust that clung to the form of the serpent, forcing it to become visible, just for an instant.†
Chpt 40serpent = snake
- Carter's mouth fell open as the serpent writhed in the air above Washington, slowly losing power.†
Chpt 40
- I looked up once more at the giant red serpent slowly dissolving in the sky.†
Chpt 40
- "You both saw the serpent in the clouds," I said.†
Chpt 40
- Ra couldn't have defeated the Serpent without you.†
Chpt 40
- At night I would sleep with my head on a charmed headrest, which mostly kept my ba from drifting off; but sometimes I still had strange visions—the red pyramid, the serpent in the sky, or the face of my father as he was trapped in Set's coffin.†
Chpt 41
Definitions:
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(1)
(serpent) a snake
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) For less common senses of "serpent", see a comprehensive dictionary.