Bāa-ta

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Tradition / Region: Egyptian Mythology
Alternative names: Ba-ta
Category: Snake

The Myth

Bāa-ta was a monster serpent mentioned in ancient Egyptian mythology. It was described as a strange snake with a head at each end of its body.

Very little information about the creature survives, and it is mainly known from old Egyptian texts that briefly mention its appearance. Unlike better-known Egyptian monsters, Bāa-ta does not have a large surviving mythology or detailed stories attached to it.

Its unusual double-headed form made it one of the stranger creatures recorded in Egyptian mythological tradition.

Sources

Budge, E. A. W. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: With an index of English words, king list and geographical list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, Coptic and Semitic alphabets, etc. (Vol. 1). London: J. Murray.


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