Hapy

Hapy

One of the Canopic Animal which is in charge of guarding the lungs of the dead in the mummification process hapy has the head of a baboon. That is under the protection of Nephthys, the goddess of the underworld. Hapy was considered to be one of the souls of Horus.

John and Caitlin Matthews, The Element Encyclopaedia of Magical Creatures, 2013, Hapy, p 226

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