Every Evil Dragon in Mythology Explained in 19 Minutes

Every Evil Dragon in Mythology Explained in 19 Minutes The oldest evil dragon on record didn't breathe fire or hoard gold. It tried to swallow the sun. In ancient Egyptian belief, dating back to at least the Middle Kingdom around 2000 BCE, Apep — also called Apophis — was a colossal serpent of pure chaos stretching for miles beneath the earth, and every single night it attacked the sun god Ra as he sailed through the underworld on his journey toward dawn.