Hapi (Nile god)

Hapi
Hapi, shown as an iconographic pair of genii symbolically tying together upper and lower Egypt
Name in hieroglyphs
Major cult center	Elephantine
Symbol	Lotus plant
Consort	Meret (some accounts)

Hapi (Ancient Egyptian: ḥꜥpj) was the god of the annual flooding of the Nile in ancient Egyptian religion. The flood deposited rich silt (fertile soil) on the river's banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops.^[1] Hapi was greatly celebrated among the Egyptians. Some of the titles of Hapi were "Lord of the Fish and Birds of the Marshes" and "Lord of the River Bringing Vegetation". Hapi is typically depicted as an androgynous figure with a prominent belly and large drooping breasts, wearing a loincloth and ceremonial false beard,^[2] depicted in hieroglyphics as an intersex person.^{[3][better source needed]}