Ipy (goddess)

Ipy is an ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility.^[1] She is also known as Opet.^[2] At Karnak she is called Ipet, and in the Demotic Magical Papyrus, she is called Apet, the mother of fire.^{[3] [4]}

Ipy
Major cult center	Thebes
Genealogy
Children	Osiris (some accounts)

She is depicted as a hippopotamus.^[1] She is sometimes depicted as a combination of a hippo, crocodile, human, and lion. Usually she is depicted with a lion's head, hippo's body, human arms, and lion feet.^[2]

She was also seen as a protector of the pharaoh and invoked as mother.^[5] In Theban theology she is the mother of Osiris.^[4]

She is possibly a forerunner of Taweret.^[6]