Upuat Inspirations

⸺ by Charles Iliya Krempeaux

⚠️ SPOILER ALERT

The inspiration for the character from is the ancient Egytpian deity: Wepwawet. Whose name is also sometimes spelled as: Upuaut, Wep-wawet, Wepawet, Apuat, and Ophois.

In ancient Egytpian mythology Wepwawet is often depicted as person with the head of a grayish haired wolf — of the type, of wolf, that are more common around Egypt, that are leaner and somewhat resemble jackals.

18 focuses on Wepwawet:

as an opener of ways,
• with his assocation with the city of Zawty,
• with his association with war, and
• with his association with death.