Mafdet is usually depicted as a beautiful woman wearing cheetah skin and has a cheetah head. She wears a silky white and creamy colored dress. Her job was that to protect Ra on his nightly voyages and to deliver judgment onto wrongdoers by ripping their hearts out and deliver them the Pharao’s feet. She is also known for being a protector of snakes and was believed to have helped fought against Apophis or Apep, the Demon snake of chaos.