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Apis

deity earth Egyptian corroborated · 17

Apis is an Ancient Egyptian religion deity, an anthropomorphic bull.

↻ synthesized from 17 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Ancient Egyptian religion.

Relationships

co occurs with
Dagon, Mnevis, White Elephant, Ljesche, Bijagos, Buraq, Lakhmu, Heru-pa-Khered, Bubastis, Ptahil, Sokar, Tatenen, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, Heru-ur, Hesat, Sekhat-Hor, Mehet-Weryt, Shedyt, Sema-wer, Ageb-wer, Renenutet, Four sons of Horus, Buchis, Iusaaset, Atum-Ra, Bennu, Min, Montu, Nefertem, Khonshu, Im-ho-tep, Osorapis, Musaeus, Ibis, Tot-Hermes, Ineffable Name, Osiris-Apis, satyr, Fauns, Atargatis, Crow, Pan, Silenus, centaur, cherubim, Ziz, mermaids, jinn, Minotaur, griffins, Pegasus, sphinxes, manticore, Anzû, Harpy, Simurgh, Thunderbird, Pamola, Yali, Kamadhenu, Chimera, Lamashtu, Enlil, Sharabha, Aphrodite, Eros, Harpocrates, Tefnut, Yahweh, El, Bastet, Nut, Shai, Bat, Mehet-Weret, Hades, Demeter, Cerberus, Anubis, Set, Horus, Aten, Bes, Shu, Aker, Ra, Khnum, Maahes, Sobek, Thoth, Khepri, Amun, Geb, Atum, Onuris, Hephaestus, Neith, God
serves
Re, Ptah
manifests as
Ptah, Osiris-Apis
aspect of
Ptah
syncretized with
Dionysus, Tyrian Heracles, Userhapi, Serapis
child of
Isis, Hathor, Osiris, Mnevis, Ptah
manifested by
Osorapis, Osiris-Apis, Ptah

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (15)
  1. Lamassu
  2. Harpocrates
  3. Ptah
  4. List of Egyptian deities
  5. Hesat
  6. Isis
  7. Apis (deity)
  8. Mnevis
  9. Sebeg
  10. Serapis
  11. Golden calf
  12. Serapeum of Saqqara
  13. Stela of Pasenhor
  14. Moses in Judeo-Hellenistic literature
  15. Serapeum
encyclopedia (2)
  1. Animal Worship (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Apis (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Apis, Ancient Egyptian religion deity anthropomorphic bull”

#11106 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Upon her Isis' brow stood the crescent moon-horns, garlanded with glittering heads of golden grain, and grace of royal dignity; and at her side the baying dog Anubis, dappled Apis, sacred Bubastis and the god who holds his finger to his lips for silence sake.”

#16669 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Finally, Ptah is embodied in the sacred bull, Apis. Frequently referred to as a herald of Re, the sacred animal is the link with the god Re from the New Kingdom”

#17061 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Apis – A live Bull worshiped as a god at Memphis and seen as a manifestation of Ptah”

#21015 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat

“Their masculine counterparts include Apis, Mnevis, Sema-wer, Ageb-wer.”

#23395 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5