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Hapi
The
Spectrum OntraOwner: Sekhmet
Age: 10 years, 10 months, 1 week
Born: July 5th, 2015
Adopted: 10 years, 10 months, 1 week ago
Adopted: July 5th, 2015
Statistics
- Level: 36
- Strength: 45
- Defense: 10
- Speed: 10
- Health: 10
- HP: 10/10
- Intelligence: 225
- Books Read: 183
- Food Eaten: 0
- Job: Veterinary Technician
Hapi is ancient not only to us of the modern world, but to the Egyptians as well. In fact, hep, the root of Hapi's name, is probably an ancient name for the Nile. Since the river provided the essentials for life in the desert, Hapi, as its patron, symbolized the fullness of life. The annual flooding of the Nile was sometimes referred to as the “Arrival of Hapi” - the inundation was also referred to as a "large" or "small" Hapi.
A hymn from the Middle Kingdom says: "All hail the god Hapi who springs out of the earth to water the land! You flood the fields which Ra has made, and give drink to all who thirst." All creatures were said to rejoice at his arrival: "frogs croak, bulls bellow, and crocodiles roar."
During the off-season, Hapi was thought to slumber in the underworld, rejuvenating himself: “It is the House of Sleep of Hapi, he grows young in it in his time.” Reference is made to “Hapi of the Sky, the thousand raindrops becoming river,” indicating that Hapi was once honored as a rain god.
Hapi affirms that he is “in charge of births,” because of an analogy drawn between the Nile’s inundation and the waters of birth. Hapi’s life-giving waters were credited with a role in reviving the murdered god Osiris, who came back each year with the barley.
Hapi’s wives were thought to be Nekhbet and Wadjet. Occasionally he was said to be the father of Ra.
Credits
❖ Story by Sekhmet with information from these sources
❖ Background photo from Hasmik Ghazaryan Olson
❖ Profile by Balloon
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