For those who don’t know, this question is about a character from the show Stargate SG-1.
@ragingloli The show is pretty clear about the Goa’uld not being real gods. But more than that, Apophis is based on a character from Egyptian mythology (Apep) whose reputation vastly exceeded his actual power. Apep’s only real strengths were his persistence and the fear others had of him, and even that wasn’t enough to stop him from being replaced in the pantheon by Set. In fact, the main reason Apophis is the primary villain of the show is that Ra—Apep’s rival in Egyptian mythology, who ordered several gods to keep him in place—was killed in the movie that preceded it. So it all squares with the source material (which was mined pretty heavily by the writers of both the film and the television series, though I can’t say I know for sure how much of it was lifted and how much of it is coincidence).