Hapi
Egyptian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Androgynous god personifying the Nile's life-giving inundation.
Domains
- nile inundation
- abundance
Powers
- Bringing the fertile annual flooding of the Nile
- Bind together Upper and Lower Egypt at the throne
Epithets
- ḥꜥpj The Inundation; the personified flood that brings the Nile's lifeThe Hymn to Hapi (Papyrus Sallier II / Anastasi VII) (primary)
- jt nṯrw Father of the gods; the bringer of abundance who nourishes allHymn to Hapi (the great Nile-flood hymn) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hymn to Hapi (Papyrus Sallier II) (primary)