Hapi
deity underworld Egyptian single tradition · 10
Hapi is one of the sons of Horus who guarded the embalmed lungs in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. He is associated with the canopic jars, which Nephthys, along with Isis, Neith, and Serqet, protected as mortuary goddesses.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- One of the four sons of Horus; guardian of canopic jar containing lungs.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Serqet, Mot, Huur, Spandaramet, Andjety, Aqen, Assessors of Maat, Kherty, Medjed, Nehebkau, Wepwawet, Wadj-wer, Naunet, Nun, Satis, Anuket, Banebdjedet, Hauhet, Heh, Kek, Tatenen, Nepit, Duamutef, Imset, Qebehsenuef, Ma'at, Isis, Osiris, Anubis, Set, Thoth, Nephthys, Neith, Apophis, Aker, Serapis, Seker, Vishnu, Khnum, Kauket
- consort of
- Meret
- sibling of
- Imset, Qebehsenuef, Duamutef
- child of
- Horus
Mentioned by
- Isis
- Osiris
- Anubis
- Set
- Thoth
- Nephthys
- Neith
- Apophis
- Aker
- Serapis
- Seker
- Vishnu
- Khnum
- Kauket
- Horus
- Geb
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Nephthys was one of the protectresses of the canopic jars of Hapi. Hapi, one of the sons of Horus, guarded the embalmed lungs.”
#11345 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Hapi, one of the four sons of Horus”
#12218 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Hapi – Ancient Egyptian god of the annual flooding of the Nile”
#17014 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hapi – Personification of the Nile flood”
#21039 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Meret was a token wife occasionally given to Hapi, the god of the Nile flood.”
#23430 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001