was the god of the river Nile
Hapy.
Hapy was a God. The God of inundation (Flooding) of the Nile.
Hapy was the god of the river Nile - see the link below for more information.
Hapy. The link below will give further information.
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).
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).
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.
As a water god, Hapi/Hapy was a deity of fertility - he provided water, food and the yearly inundation of the Nile. He was also known as 'Lord of the Fishes and Birds of the Marshes,' indicating that he provided these creatures to the Egyptians along with the Nile itself.
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
Hap-i
Hapi, as one of the Four Sons of Horus, in baboon form, protected the lungs. Another Hapi/Hapy/Hapr was the personification of the Nile its inundation.