What The Bird Skull In Moon Knight's Trailer Is (& Is It Real?)
The first trailer for Marvel's Moon Knight has been released, and one scene in particular features Oscar Isaac's Steven Grant questioning his sanity when a large creature with a bird skull for a head approaches him. However, this monster might not be just a terrifying figment of Grant's imagination. Either way, this is viewers' first look at Khonshu, the reason Steven Grant becomes the violent vigilante known as Moon Knight.
In the new trailer for Moon Knight, Steven Grant reveals that he has a condition where he can't tell the difference between when he's awake or when he's asleep, so much so that he's even tied himself to his bed. However, that hasn't stopped him from seeing things he believes are hallucinations. Furthermore, he's also receiving calls where he's referred to as Marc instead of Steven, confirming that Oscar Isaac's true character Marc Spector has dissociative identity disorder (with Spector being Moon Knight's primary personality in the comics).
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While all of Grant/Spector's struggles will lead to him becoming Moon Knight, a focal point for that transformation will be this being with the bird skull which terrifies him in a dark hallway before disappearing in the new trailer. This is Khonshu, the Egyptian Moon God who allegedly saves mercenary Marc Spector from death in the comics, choosing him to be his priest and Fist known as the Moon Knight. Sure enough, his depiction in the comics features the skull of an eagle or falcon—in line with mythological descriptions—as well as the staff with a crescent moon at the top.
In the comics, it took some time before the question of whether or not Khonshu was indeed real or just a
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