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Apis has a minion!

Hathor the Couw




Apis


The Nightmare Bovyne
Owner: Sekhmet

Age: 5 years, 8 months, 6 days

Born: September 12th, 2020

Adopted: 5 years, 8 months, 6 days ago

Adopted: September 12th, 2020

Statistics


  • Level: 23
     
  • Strength: 32
     
  • Defense: 10
     
  • Speed: 10
     
  • Health: 10
     
  • HP: 10/10
     
  • Intelligence: 110
     
  • Books Read: 83
  • Food Eaten: 7
  • Job: Rehabilitator


The sacred bull, the worship of the Apis started at the very beginning of Egyptian history, probably as a fertility god connected to grain and the herds. In a funerary context the Apis was a protector of the deceased, and linked to the pharaoh. The Apis was considered to be a manifestation of the pharaoh, as bulls were symbols of strength and fertility, qualities which are closely linked with kingship (“Strong Bull” was a common title for gods and pharaohs.)

The Apis was described as “high of horns, beautiful of names, far-seer and wide-ranger.” The Apis was depicted as a great bull, sometimes running, wearing the sun-disk between his horns. When the sun disk was depicted on the Apis’ head with his horns below and the triangle on his forehead, the shape of an ankh was suggested. The Apis is unique as he is the only Egyptian god represented solely as an animal, and never as a human with an animal's head.

He was considered the “glorious Ba” (soul) of the god Ptah or Osiris.

Credits

❖ Story by Sekhmet with information from these sources
❖ Background photo from Hasmik Ghazaryan Olson
❖ Profile by Balloon

Pet Treasure


Ankh

Tooro

Blade of Grass

Wheat

Pitchfork Farm Tool

Pet Friends


Hathor
My Golden Mother