 The spelling of his name includes a hieroglyph which is thought to be connected with steering a boat, although its exact nature is not known.For this reason he was sometimes connected with navigation, although early references call him the great runner, as below from Spell 521 of the Coffin Texts.You are the great runner; come, that you may join up my father N and not be far in this your name of Hapi, for you are the greatest of my children – so says Horus"

In Spell 151 of the Book of the Dead he is given the following words to say