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Hapi / Hapy was one of the main [[Nile]] gods of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], responcible for the bounty and fertility of the Nile, as well as the annual innundation. He should not be confused with Hapy, one of the sons of [[Horus]], associated with the canpoic jar containing the lungs of the blessed dead.
[[Image:Ram2cartouche.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Hapy depicted twice in the Semna Tawy motif, symbolically representing the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, beneath a cartouche of Ramesses II. From the Great Temple, Abu Simbel]]
'''Hapy''' (also spelt '''Hapi''') was one of the main [[Nile]] gods of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], responcible for the bounty and fertility of the Nile, as well as the annual innundation. He should not be confused with Hapy, one of the sons of [[Horus]], associated with the canpoic jar containing the lungs of the blessed dead.
* '''Wilkinson, R (2000)''', ''The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt'', Thames & Hudson, London
* '''Wilkinson, R (2000)''', ''The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt'', Thames & Hudson, London
* '''Wilkinson, R (2003)''', ''The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt'', Thames & Hudson, London
* '''Wilkinson, R (2003)''', ''The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt'', Thames & Hudson, London
[[Category:Ancient Egypt]]
[[Category:Egyptian Mythology]]