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How does one distinguish between this deity Hapi and the Son of Horus Hapi?
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Hapy Had 3 Wifes, He Had The 1st Wife, Meret, a second wife, Nekbet, and his final wife was Nu, or Nunet! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.28.220.39 ( talk) 01:23, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps the creator of the image, User:Jeff Dahl, could shed some light on this, but I think we have either an anachronism or mis-translation in the caption. Ancient Egyptians had no concept of "genies", or "djinn" proper, and the analogous concept of nature spirits in Egyptian mythology wouldn't apply here. Ancient Egyptians did have a concept of tutelary and locus genius (mythology), even before the Ptolemaic or Roman periods, and I'm assuming that's what was probably meant here. Though it's common sense, in case there is any chance of accidental original research, or dispute, I'm just noting it here on the talk page. I'll change "genies" to the bluelinked "genii" (piped to article "genius (mythology)", even though it's the Latinised form of the word and links to the Roman form of the shared (but varied) concept of the ancient world, as I don't believe we have any articles which discuss the concept in a specifically Egyptian cultural context. If there are any suggestions as to a better alternative, feel free to suggest it, or just be WP:BOLD. Quinto Simmaco ( talk) 19:21, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
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How does one distinguish between this deity Hapi and the Son of Horus Hapi?
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Hapy Had 3 Wifes, He Had The 1st Wife, Meret, a second wife, Nekbet, and his final wife was Nu, or Nunet! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.28.220.39 ( talk) 01:23, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps the creator of the image, User:Jeff Dahl, could shed some light on this, but I think we have either an anachronism or mis-translation in the caption. Ancient Egyptians had no concept of "genies", or "djinn" proper, and the analogous concept of nature spirits in Egyptian mythology wouldn't apply here. Ancient Egyptians did have a concept of tutelary and locus genius (mythology), even before the Ptolemaic or Roman periods, and I'm assuming that's what was probably meant here. Though it's common sense, in case there is any chance of accidental original research, or dispute, I'm just noting it here on the talk page. I'll change "genies" to the bluelinked "genii" (piped to article "genius (mythology)", even though it's the Latinised form of the word and links to the Roman form of the shared (but varied) concept of the ancient world, as I don't believe we have any articles which discuss the concept in a specifically Egyptian cultural context. If there are any suggestions as to a better alternative, feel free to suggest it, or just be WP:BOLD. Quinto Simmaco ( talk) 19:21, 18 July 2016 (UTC)