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The bull Apis, solar god, of the fertility, and later of the dead, in the Egyptian mythology. Egyptian name: Hap, Hepu. Greek name: Epafos, Apis.
Iconography: Bull or man with head of bull, with the solar disc between his horns. Son of Isis, like cow fertilized by a ray of the Sun. The bull Apis was sacred in the ancient Egypt. From the New Empire he was considered to be the ba of Ptah, after Osiris, and later of Sokar. For the above mentioned, I go so far as to be considered to be one of the members of the pantheon of Egyptian gods associated with the death. There existed a very important tradition related to his death, moment in which a celebration was realized, since there existed the credence of which he would be reborn. After a period of mourning of 60 days, whereas it was embalmed, the body of the ox was buried, and in this moment the priests of Ptah a successor was looking for him. On having found it, another festivity was realized. It was adored in Menfis from the epoch of the first dynasties as god related to the fertility of the herds, the Sun and the god of the Nile. His worship happened to Alexandria, being very popular between Greeks and Romans.
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