Introduction
Hapy, one of the Four Sons of Horus, is depicted with a baboon's head and is specifically charged with protecting the lungs among the organs preserved during mummification.
Family
- Father: Horus (son of Isis)
- Siblings: Duamutef, Imsety, Qebehsenuef
Guardian of the Lungs
Hapy is protected in turn by the goddess Nephthys, and appears alongside his three brothers on canopic equipment and in the Book of the Dead's protective spells. This Hapy is distinct from the unrelated god Hapi who personifies the Nile flood, a separate figure recorded elsewhere in this tree despite the similar name.
Ancient Egyptian religion spanned three millennia and many regional cult centers, so parentage, roles and even gender pairings for a given deity often differ between the Heliopolitan, Hermopolitan, Memphite and Theban theological systems; the account above follows the most widely attested classical version.