APIS (HAPIS)
an ancient Egyptian completely black bull with a white spot resembling a crescent moon in its shape. The bull was an intermediary between the gods and people.
The priests of the temple of Vulcan fattened him for several years in order to sacrifice him to Vulcan. For this, the bull was drowned in water / after which they gave him the name Serapis / staged a great mourning.
The mourning lasted until a similar bull was found to replace it. There were 29 signs according to which the bull must comply in order to "temporarily" become a revered "deity" in the temple.
According to the decoding of philosophers, the Bull - (thanks to the symbolism of color) - personifies the nature of matter. Their ritual symbolizes Osiris and Isis. So is the other side of the bull Osiris. Therefore, he was also considered the patron saint of the dead.
The Greek myths about the Minotaur, the oxen of Gerion, the bulls of Jason, and so on., The transfer of the mythological tradition of Egyptian mythology and adaptation to the mythology of ancient Greece.
