Hapy

**Hapy**

Hapi, Hep, Hap, Hepr, Ahephi
 * Other Names:**


 * Meaning of Name:**

“Running One”


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 * Fa****mily:**

One of the four Sons of Horus and Isis, Hapy's brothers are Imsety, Qebhsenuef, and Duamutef.

The original name of this deity probably meant “The Two Geese,” which would suggest that there may have originally been two gods. Hans Bonnett believes that there was originally a male and a female deity, and that over time the female goddess disappeared, leaving only the male Hapy. The spelling of his name sometimes includes a hieroglyph which is thought to be connected with steering a barque, although its exact nature is not known. For this reason Hapy was sometimes connected with navigation.

Hapy was the protector of the lungs of the deceased, and was protected by the goddess Nephthys. Hapy was also associated with other body parts - Hapy and Duamutef were linked to the protection of the hands. As one of the four Pillars of Shu and one of the four Rudders of Heaven, he was associated with the North. Hapy was pictured as a mummified man with the head of a baboon, often represented on the canopic jars, which held the organs of the deceased.


 * Quotes from the Book of the Dead and other sources:**

“I am the Runner, the greatest of the Sons of Horus. I betake myself to him in this my name of Hapy. I have come that I may protect thee. I bandage for thee thy head and limbs, I give thee thy head, forever.”

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