Ihy

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Egyptian god of music ancient Egyptian deity child god

Ihy is an ancient Egyptian god associated with music, joy, and childhood, often depicted as a child playing the sistrum and linked closely to his mother Hathor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
IFHY	1
Ihy canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian god of music ⓘ ancient Egyptian deity ⓘ child god ⓘ
associatedWith	childhood ⓘ ecstatic worship ⓘ festivals ⓘ joy ⓘ music ⓘ
consort	Hathor ⓘ
cultFamily	Harsomtus ⓘ Hathor ⓘ Horus ⓘ Isis ⓘ
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	child holding a sistrum ⓘ young boy with sidelock of youth ⓘ
domain	childlike exuberance ⓘ dance ⓘ festive celebration ⓘ music ⓘ
epithet	He who delights in the sistrum ⓘ Lord of Joy ⓘ Lord of the Sistrum ⓘ Son of Hathor ⓘ
father	Amun ⓘ Horus ⓘ Horus ⓘ surface form: Horus of Edfu Ra ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
iconography	child playing the sistrum ⓘ finger to mouth gesture ⓘ nude child with sidelock of youth ⓘ
linkedDeity	Amun ⓘ Hathor ⓘ Horus ⓘ Isis ⓘ Ra ⓘ
mother	Hathor ⓘ Hathor ⓘ surface form: Hathor of Dendera
mythologicalRole	divine child of Hathor ⓘ embodiment of the joy of music ⓘ
religiousFunction	bringer of joy to gods and humans through music ⓘ
ritualRole	associated with temple music of Hathor ⓘ patron of musical performance in temples ⓘ patron of sistrum players ⓘ
symbol	sistrum ⓘ
worshipCenter	Dendera ⓘ Edfu ⓘ Philae ⓘ Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hathor → child → Ihy ⓘ

Wolf → hasPart → Ihy ⓘ

this entity surface form: IFHY