Serpopard

Serpopard


 * Egyptian Name:**

//Sedja//


 * Meaning of Name:**

"The One That Travels From Afar"

The Egyptian mythological creature known as a Serpopard was a mix between a leopard and giraffe. The Serpopard is featured on cosmetic palettes, magic wands, and ivory combs from the Predynastic Period. In carved pictures, the creatures are seen being led by ropes and harnesses, necks intertwined. It is thought that the Serpopard was a depiction of an ancient artist trying to draw an animal that he had never seen - a creature with an enormously long neck and spots like a leopard - a giraffe.

Even after the giraffe became known to the Egyptians, the Serpopard remained as a mythical creature, associated with power and protection, and was occasionally featured on tombs. A variation in the appearance of the Serpopard occurs at Beni Hasan and at Bersheh, where it is depicted with a feline body but the head and neck of a snake. In later times, a similar creature would be shown in the art of Sumer and Elam.

Young-earth creationists often insist that the Serpopard is meant to be a Brontosaurus.

Mythological Animals