La egyptian cobra had a great relevance in the Ancient Egypt, where it was used as a symbol of the pharaoh, and also represented the goddess Wadjet. When the other snakes represented the mythical serpent Apophis, the cobra symbolized the Sun.
Apophis or Apep, in Egyptian mythology represented in mythology the evil forces of the Duat and darkness. It was a gigantic and indestructible serpent, whose function was to interrupt the journey during the night hours of the solar boat piloted by Ra, to prevent him from getting to the new day. For this he could resort to different methods: he attacked the boat directly or wriggled in his eagerness to cause sandbanks where the ship ran aground. Its purpose was to break the Size, the "cosmic order."
The Egyptians had the belief that when the sky was dyed red, it was due to the wounds caused to Apophis. They also interpreted that the eclipses were the product of their intervention in the fight in the Duat.
All snakes were considered sacred and the reincarnation of Apophis, with the exception of the cobra, represented the Sun. In Egypt the cobra was also a symbol of resurrection, being popularly recognized as the protective animal of the pharaohs.