Hapy
Hapy is an Egyptian god who protects the canopic jar containing the lungs after embalming. Many Egyptian gods can manifest in a baboon aspect or have other associations with the animal. Animal iconography does not imply the Egyptians identified the animals concerned as deities themselves.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with baboons since the earliest dynasties.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Gengen-Wer, Hery-maat, Banebdjedet, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh, Buchis, Ba-Pef, Babi, Ha, Hemen, Hauron, Henkhisesui, Heryshaf, Aa, Abtu, Aby, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, An-a-f, An-hetep-f, Astennu, Ba, Denwen, Djebuty, Djedefhor, Djefa, Dionysus-Osiris, Dunanwi, Fetket, Hapi-Wet, Har-em-akhet, Heneb, Heqaib, Heru-Khu, Hery-sha-duat, Hez-Ur, Hraf-haf, sons of Horus, Sendjet, Thoth, Khonshu, Amun, Shu, Khnum-Ra, Aani, Fá, Baal, Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu, Heka, Apophis, Andjety, Aqen, Bata, Hu, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau, Hermes Trismegistus, Horus, Isis, Osiris, Set, Neith, Serqet, Renenutet
- sibling of
- Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Imsety
- child of
- Horus, Atum, Geb, Nut, Horus the Elder
Mentioned by
- Nephthys
- Thoth
- Khonshu
- Amun
- Shu
- Khnum-Ra
- Aani
- Fá
- Baal
- Apedemak
- Arensnuphis
- Dedun
- Ani
- Ash
- Harpocrates
- Abu
and 23 more
Sources
Source passages
“Hapy, a god who protects the canopic jar containing the lungs after embalming.”
#20802 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Further linking Khnum to the divine narrative, he is mentioned in The Hymn to Hapy, connecting him to the Nile-god.”
#24307 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hapy – A son of Horus”
#24846 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Imsety was portrayed as a man, Hapy as a baboon, Duamutef as a jackal and Qebehsenuef as a falcon. In an exceptional portrayal, in the wall decoration in WV23, the tomb of Ay from the late Eighteenth Dynasty, the four sons are portrayed as fully human, with Imsety and Hapy wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt”
#37489 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001