Editing Ihy

{{Short description|God in ancient Egyptian mythology}}

{{Infobox deity
| type = Egyptian
| name = Ihy
| father = [[Horus]] or [[Ra]]
| mother = Varied, [[Hathor]], [[Isis]], [[Sekhmet]], or [[Neith]]
| image = Ihy god.svg
| symbol = [[Sistrum]]
}}{{Ancient Egyptian religion}}'''Ihy''' is a young god in Egypt usually portrayed with the [[sistrum]]. This is in allusion to his mother [[Hathor]] who was associated with the instrument. Ihy's symbols are the sistrum and a necklace. The name Ihy depicts the joy of playing the hand instrument by Hathor, or "calf." The Egyptians themselves associated the name with the noisemaker.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Zahan|first=S.|title=Mishor (Egypt)|publisher=Aranyaman|year=2018|location=Kolkata, India|pages=51–52}}</ref>

[[File:Ihybudge.png|thumb]]

Other goddesses including [[Isis]], [[Sekhmet]], and [[Neith]] are also sometimes seen as his mothers in different legends. War deity [[Horus]] is Ihy's father, but sometimes solar deity [[Ra]] is also seen as his father.<ref name=":0" /> Ihy was depicted as a naked child, with curly hair, wearing a necklace and holding a sistrum or as a nude child with his finger in his mouth. He was worshipped along with Horus and Hathor as a trio at [[Dendera]], Ihy's main cult site, constructed early in the 4th dynasty.<ref>Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). ''The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. pp. 132–133</ref>

Emperor [[Augustus]] prepared a second "birthing house" in the temple of Ihy's mother, with pictures of Ihy's birth and celebrations painted on the wall. Ihy is shown as the god of bread, beer, coffins, and the [[Book of the Dead|Book of the dead]].<ref name=":0" /> There were mystery plays in 13 acts on fertility in these temples.<ref>Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). ''The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. pp. 132–133</ref><ref name="Mirza 1995 c545">{{cite web | last=Mirza | first=Umair | title=Dictionary of Ancient Egypt: The British Museum Edition : Umair Mirza : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=1995-10-01 | url=https://archive.org/details/the-british-museum-dictionary-of-ancient-egypt/page/169/mode/1up | access-date=2024-04-03}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Mammisi]]
==References==
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