What the hell was that? Moon Knight's surprise cameo explained
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Moon Knight episode 4! Turn back now if you haven't seen the latest episode on Disney Plus!
Moon Knight episode 4 introduced a very strange new character with the appearance of a hippo. If you're scratching you're head wondering what exactly is going on, that particular character is Taweret, an Egyptian god.
Towards the end of the episode, Oscar Isaac's Marc Spector/Steven Grant was shot by Ethan Hawke's villainous Arthur Harrow, and woke up in a psychiatric hospital. For a while, it seemed everything that'd happened in the Disney Plus series was a figment of Spector's imagination… until he found Steven trapped in a tomb, and both of them found themselves face to face with the mysterious hippo-shaped god (which all had the internet going wild).
But who is Taweret, and what does her appearance mean for the MCU and Moon Knight? We explain all here…
Taweret is the Egyptian god of fertility and childbirth. As in Moon Knight, she is depicted with the appearance of a hippo – but with a lion's arms (and paws), and a crocodile's tail and legs. Her epithets include "Lady of Heaven," "Mistress of Pure Water," "She Who Removes Water," and "Mistress of the Horizon," while her name Taweret translates to "The Great One."
In keeping with her fearsome look, the god was believed to be fierce – but she was a protector of women and children, and was particularly important to expectant mothers, who wore her amulets to defend themselves and their children against evil. Taweret was believed to help during childbirth, and the yearly flooding of the Nile was also linked to her.
Along with life, though, the god has an association with death: she used her powers to help the dead make their way safely to the
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