0
Hapi is the ancient god of the Mile. Halo was portrayed as a man with women's breasts and protruding belly. This indicated fertility and ability to nourish the land. The wife of Hapi was Nekhebet in the south and Buto in the north.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoHapi was the god of the Nile river
Hapy/Hapi was not the God of the Nile. He was the God of the annual inundation or flooding of the Nile.
His name is normally spelt with a y, as to stop confusion with Hapi, one of the Four Sons of Horus.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Was Hapy a god or goddess?
Hapy was a God. The God of inundation (Flooding) of the Nile.
Who were some of the gods and goddesses in Ancient Egyptian mythology and what were their roles?
Anubis was the god of the dead and embalmingOsiris was the god of the underworld and vegetationHathor was the cow goddessHorus was the god of lightSet was the god of the desert, chaos, storms and voilenceHapi (also spelt Hapy) was the god of the Nile
What was god Hapi resembles?
There are two gods called Hapi, although their hieroglyphic names are quite different. Hapi (Hep, Hap, Hapy, Hapr) the blue/green skinned god of the Nile and its inundation. In appearance a fat bearded man with breasts, wearing a crown of reeds and lotus blossoms. Hapi, sometimes transliterated as Hapy the Son of Horus was protector the jar of the lungs often depicted with a baboon head and was protected by Nephthys.
What were the gods name of each Canopic jar?
There were always four canopic jars in a tomb of a pharaoh. One had the god Hapy. He shares the facial features of a baboon and the lungs were placed in his canopic jar. The next is Qebehsenuef where the intestines were placed. The following is Duamutef, a jackel. The tummy was placed in this god's jar for prtection. The last of the four is Imesty, who is a human god, that the liver of the enbalmed person was placed in for protection. These gods are the sons of Horus, a falcon that was god of the sky.
What canopic jar does Hapi protect?
You must mean Hapy! (The baboon headed one) :) Yes, Hapy, guarded by Nephthys, protected the lungs.
What did Hapy do?
was the god of the river Nile
In Egypt what was the god of the Nile River?
Hapy.
How do you pronounce the Egyptian god Hapy?
Hap-i
Was Hapy a god or goddess?
Hapy was a God. The God of inundation (Flooding) of the Nile.
When was Hapy the egypitian god born?
No Egyptian date is given.
What is the Egyptian god with the monkey head?
i believe it is Hapy and he has the head of a baboon
What time period was Hapy the Nile God in?
Hapi was worshiped in Ancient Egypt as god of the river Nile.
Does the Nile River have a god and what is his name?
Hapy. The link below will give further information.
Who are the gods of the river Nile?
Hapy was the god of the river Nile - see the link below for more information.
Who were some of the gods and goddesses in Ancient Egyptian mythology and what were their roles?
Anubis was the god of the dead and embalmingOsiris was the god of the underworld and vegetationHathor was the cow goddessHorus was the god of lightSet was the god of the desert, chaos, storms and voilenceHapi (also spelt Hapy) was the god of the Nile
What is a synonym for statemanship?
hapy
How does a Hymn show that the ancient Egyptians thought of the Nile as a god?
It depends on which hymn but certainly they thought of the Nile as a representation of Hapy, especially in the flooding of the Nile: this concept of river god is not found only in Egypt - as the Greeks called the Nile a god (Nilus/Neilos).
