Moon Knight Explained: Who Is Taweret, the Hippo from Episode 4 – ComingSoon.net

In the latest installment in theMoon Knighttelevision series, things took an unexpected turn. During the exploration of the tomb of Alexander the Great, Marc Spector/Steven Grant, and Layla encountered Arthur Harrow once again. Without spoiling too much for now about their latest meeting, lets just say that things didnt go according toSpectors plans. The protagonist was more vulnerable than ever since he lost all his powers following Khonshus imprisonment by the other Egyptian gods. After some frantic action and a dreamy sequence took place,the episode ended with a surprising cliffhanger that introduced a new character in the story: a beautiful hippo goddess.

And no, its not Gloria fromMadagascar, although the description fits.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe took some liberty from the comic book source and introduced a brand-new character in Spectors story. The talking hippo from Moon Knight episode 4 is Taweret, the Egyptian goddess ofchildbirth and fertility.Taweret made her first live-action appearance when Spector and Grant (now two different entities) attempted to escape from thePutnam Psychiatric Hospital. The giant hippo, voiced by Antonia Salib,just said a warm Hello to the terrified unusual team. The images faded to black before she could say anything else or explain why she was there.

Taweret is part of theEnnead, the ensemble ofAncient Egypt gods who have watched over humanity since the beginning of time. Much like their cosmical counterpart, the Eternals,theEnnead had decided to hide after humankind stopped believing in them. Their choice implied that they didnt interfere when Thanos wiped out half of the living creatures in the universe.

Inside Alexander the Greats tomb, Layla andHarrow talked about the womans dead father,Abdallah El-Faouly. He was a very famousarchaeologist who used to wear a red scarf.Abdallah really loved his job so much that he even gave his life for it. The circumstances ofAbdallahs death involved Spector, who witnessed the assassination of his wifes father at the hands of his business partner, Raul Bushman. The motivation behind Bushmans radical gesture is that he wanted all thetreasures to himself.The name of Laylas father vaguely resembles the one ofAbdul Faoul. Marvel fans already know that he is a sort of Egyptian Captain America who fought to liberate his country from British colonizationduring World War II.Faoul was better known asthe Scarlet Scarab and wore a red scarf.

During the conversation about the death of Laylas father, Spector revealed how he died the first time. Not only did Bushman kill Abdallah, but he also shot at his business partner at the time on that occasion. Thats also when Spector became the avatar of Khonshu, who found the mercenarys corpse. The Egyptian god hinted at what happened in the second episode when he recalled Spector about his duty. The fact that Spector is still alive is proof that some characters can bind even deaths boundaries in the MCU. Spectors power might come in handy to escape his apparent second death. Shortly after their talk, Harrow shot Spector in the heart, and the mercenary woke up in the Putnam Psychiatric Hospital.

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