Date
Name Harpocrates
Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ἁρποκράτης(Ancient Greek)
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Meaning & History
From Egyptian ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd meaning "Horus the child", referring to a younger aspect of the god Horus representing the newborn sun. In Ptolemaic Alexandria's mythology, this aspect of Horus was adapted into Harpocrates, a god of silence, secrets, and confidentiality, usually depicted as a child with one finger to his mouth. He formed a trinity with Raet and Montu in Karnak and Medamud.