Hapi
Hep
by
Sally Lou, Clarksville Middle School
Hapi
was one of the four sons of Sons of Horus,
in Egyptian mythology. He protected
the canopic jars containing the embalmed lungs of the deceased.
Hapi
was represented as a mummified man
with the head of a baboon. He also represented a cardinal
direction, north.
His
protector was the goddess Nephthys.
Imset,
Duamutef, and Kebechsenef
were his three brothers. Imset was depicted as a human,
Duamutef as a jackal, and Kebechsenef as a falcon. Their
father, Horus, was one of the most important deities of
Egypt.
It
was believed that they were born from a lotus flower and
were solar gods associated with the creation. Then, Anubis
gave them the duties of mummification.
In the hall of Ma'at they sat on
a lotus flower in front of Osiris,
one of the mummified people they protected.
The
name Hapi is also used by a god
who was the personification of the Nile River. He was pictured
as fat man, to signify abundance, who either had a crown
of lilies or papyrus plant circling his head.
The
name of Hapi (Hep) in hieroglyphs: 
The
Encyclopedia Mythica
