Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)

Damballah
Name	Damballah
Aliases	Lord Damballah, Set, Father Set, "Slithering God", Father of All Evil, Serpent God, Snake-God
Affiliation and Relationships
Relatives	Set (father); Dragon of the Moon, Phorcys, Sligguth, Yamata-no-Orochi, Ishiti, Tartessus (siblings); Sabia (alleged bride)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	No Hair At All
Unusual Features	Snake-like appearance
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Set-spawn (Elderspawn of Set); God; Demon
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Earth
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Occupation	Serpent god
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, John Buscema
First	Avengers #152 (July, 1976)
First	Avengers #152 (July, 1976)

History

Origins

Damballah was a spawn of the Elder God Set and was born billion years ago, along with other spawns such Sligguth, for him to dominate the planet.

After Set committed the first murder by killing another Elder God and absorbed his life-force, the Gods degenerated into demons, Gaea mated with the Demiurge to create Atum the Demogorge, who annihilated most of the degenerated Elder Gods. After Set rallied Chthon to try and stop the Demogorge, in vain, he created illusion forms of himself, Sligguth and Damballah, and they fled from the Demogorge's wrath, entering a pocket dimension adjacent to Earth's dimensional space.

Hyborian Age

"Damballah" was the Zembabweian name of Set.

Damballah was worshiped on Earth at least as far back as 10,000 BC, during the Hyborian Age, notably by the Kushite witch-woman Sabia, the so-called "bride of Damballah".

16th Century

During the birth of Santeria (a merger of Vodu worship, Catholicism, and indigenous American beliefs), the Vodugod Dam-Ayido Wede reinvented his image, adopting the name "Damballah", and misrepresenting himself as the Vodu Sky Father, usurping Buluku's role.

Modern Age

It was summoned by Black Talon, possibly inadvertently while trying to reach Damballah (Dam-Ayido Wede), to assist him in a fight against the Avengers, but was banished by the Scarlet Witch.

Attributes

Powers

Damballah can travel to Earth in spirit form and can appear as a huge snake or humanoid serpent. He can also possess other serpents transforming them into facsimiles of himself as well as control serpents. He is even known to possess others.

See Also

• 5 appearance(s) of Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 6 mention(s) of Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 3 image(s) of Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Damballah (Demon) (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Damballah at the Marvel Appendix