Per-Ḥapy
𓎛𓐑𓊪𓇋𓇋 𓐑𓊪𓇋𓇋𓀭 𓐑𓊪𓇋𓀭
𓅭𓅭
MDC: Hpy , Hpi
Gardiner: Ḥpy 'Ḥepy'
Budge: Ḥāpi
Transliteration: Hapy, Hapi
Coptic: (Possibly) ḥnne /ϩⲛⲛⲉ (S), ḥeneie /ϩⲉⲛⲉⲓⲉ (S) (Steering-oar, rudder);
ḥie /ϩⲓⲉ (S) (B), ḥiē /ϩⲓⲏ (S) (B), ḥiei /ϩⲓⲉⲓ (S) (rudder)
Hebrew:
Greek:Khapi Χαπί
Demotic:
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt:
Pronounced: Ḥapy;
Pronounced: (other possibilities) ḥ(Ꜣ)p(w)- a-pi , a-pí, ap-pí-ḫa (ref. link)
Meaning: The runner from /Hpwty/ meaning runner,
Alt meaning rudder from /Hpwt/ meaning rudder or steer
Gardiner: Ḥpy 'Ḥepy'
Budge: Ḥāpi
Transliteration: Hapy, Hapi
Coptic: (Possibly) ḥnne /ϩⲛⲛⲉ (S), ḥeneie /ϩⲉⲛⲉⲓⲉ (S) (Steering-oar, rudder);
ḥie /ϩⲓⲉ (S) (B), ḥiē /ϩⲓⲏ (S) (B), ḥiei /ϩⲓⲉⲓ (S) (rudder)
Hebrew:
Greek:Khapi Χαπί
Demotic:
Arabic:
English:
Kemetic:
Alt:
Pronounced: Ḥapy;
Pronounced: (other possibilities) ḥ(Ꜣ)p(w)- a-pi , a-pí, ap-pí-ḫa (ref. link)
Meaning: The runner from /Hpwty/ meaning runner,
Alt meaning rudder from /Hpwt/ meaning rudder or steer
Home:
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Children
Father
Horu-Ur/ Horus the Elder
Mother
Auset/ Isis
Alternate Parents
Hour ur/ Horus the great and Auset/Isis
Hour ur/ Horus the great Serket/Selket
Siblings
Imsety: human form – direction South – protected the liver – protected by Isis.
Duamutef: jackal form – direction East – protected the stomach – protected by Neith.
Qebehsenuef: hawk form – direction West – protected the intestines – protected by his mother Serket
Priest names
Followers
Features
He is a mummy with a baboon's head (Hamadryas), represented in the one of the 4 Canopic jars, who protects the lungs of the deceased and is protected by the goddess Nephthys.
Symbols
North
Lungs
Canopic jars
hamadryas baboon
Roles
Four sons of Horu-Ur/Horus the elder who made up the four Canopic Jars. they assist the king in his ascension to heaven in the eastern sky by means of ladders. They were said not only to be his children but also his souls. As the king, or Pharaoh was seen as a manifestation of, or especially protected by, Horu/Horus, these parts of the deceased pharaoh, referred to as the Wesir/Osiris, were seen as parts of Horu/Horus, or rather, his children. were known as the Seven Shining Ones, protectors of the body of Wesir/Osiris. According to this myth, they were born from a lily flower that arose from the primaeval ocean. The classic depiction of the four sons of Horus on Middle Kingdom coffins show Imsety and Duamutef on the eastern side of the coffin and Hapi and Qebehsenuef on the western side. The eastern side is decorated with a pair of eyes and the mummy was turned on its side to face the east and the rising sun; therefore, this side is sometimes referred to as the front. The sons of Horus also became associated with the cardinal compass points.
Imsety – human form – direction South – protected the liver – protected by Asuet/Isis.
Duamutef – jackal form – direction East – protected the stomach – protected by Nit/Neith.
Hapi – baboon form – direction North – protected the lungs – protected by Nebet-Ḥut/Nephthys.
Qebehsenuef – hawk form – direction West – protected the intestines – protected by his mother Serket.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
Epitaphs
Hpwt wr or Hpwt aA : great runner
nTr aA : great god
Temple:
Nome:
Consort
Children
Father
Horu-Ur/ Horus the Elder
Mother
Auset/ Isis
Alternate Parents
Hour ur/ Horus the great and Auset/Isis
Hour ur/ Horus the great Serket/Selket
Siblings
Imsety: human form – direction South – protected the liver – protected by Isis.
Duamutef: jackal form – direction East – protected the stomach – protected by Neith.
Qebehsenuef: hawk form – direction West – protected the intestines – protected by his mother Serket
Priest names
Followers
Features
He is a mummy with a baboon's head (Hamadryas), represented in the one of the 4 Canopic jars, who protects the lungs of the deceased and is protected by the goddess Nephthys.
Symbols
North
Lungs
Canopic jars
hamadryas baboon
Roles
Four sons of Horu-Ur/Horus the elder who made up the four Canopic Jars. they assist the king in his ascension to heaven in the eastern sky by means of ladders. They were said not only to be his children but also his souls. As the king, or Pharaoh was seen as a manifestation of, or especially protected by, Horu/Horus, these parts of the deceased pharaoh, referred to as the Wesir/Osiris, were seen as parts of Horu/Horus, or rather, his children. were known as the Seven Shining Ones, protectors of the body of Wesir/Osiris. According to this myth, they were born from a lily flower that arose from the primaeval ocean. The classic depiction of the four sons of Horus on Middle Kingdom coffins show Imsety and Duamutef on the eastern side of the coffin and Hapi and Qebehsenuef on the western side. The eastern side is decorated with a pair of eyes and the mummy was turned on its side to face the east and the rising sun; therefore, this side is sometimes referred to as the front. The sons of Horus also became associated with the cardinal compass points.
Imsety – human form – direction South – protected the liver – protected by Asuet/Isis.
Duamutef – jackal form – direction East – protected the stomach – protected by Nit/Neith.
Hapi – baboon form – direction North – protected the lungs – protected by Nebet-Ḥut/Nephthys.
Qebehsenuef – hawk form – direction West – protected the intestines – protected by his mother Serket.
Hybrid gods
Connection to other gods
Celebrations
Offering items
Protects
Other names
Epitaphs
Hpwt wr or Hpwt aA : great runner
nTr aA : great god
"You are the great runner; come, that you may join up my father N and not be far in this your name of Hapi, for you are the greatest of my children – so says Horus."
Coffin Texts Spell 521
"I have come that I may be your protection, O N; I have knit together your head and your members, I have smitten your enemies beneath you, and I have given you your head forever."
Coffin Texts Spell 151