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| God Ihy |
Ihy was a god in ancient Egyptian mythology who symbolise the ecstasy of doing the sistrum. His name may mean "sistrum player", referring to his function, or "calf", referring to his relations with the cow goddess Hathor who was oftentimes said to be his mother. Other Egyptian goddesses power be addressed his mother, however, accepting Isis, Sekhmet, and Neith. The
god Horus was usually said to be Ihy's father, though at times
Ra took that role rather. Ihy was showed as a child taking a sistrum or as a raw child with his finger's breadth in this mouth. He was idolized alongside Horus and Hathor at
Dendera (
See Temple of Hathor at Dendera).
