ANCIENT ORIGINS

Another name for Saturn, "the hidden one". The calf Apis, known in Egypt as Hepi, or Hapi, mystically representative of the Egyptian, Osiris. In Chaldea Hap means "to cover", in Egyptian "to conceal".

So I'm the hidden fairy? Well that could work... What about the English meaning of the word?

ENGLISH ORIGINS

"Happy" comes from the Middle English "hap", which was borrowed from Old Norse (although the morpheme "haep" existed in Old English). The word meant "chance" or "fortune". Etymologically, "happy" means "favored by chance or fortune" having plenty of "hap" .

I like the sound of that! The fairy of good fortune. I like that meaning. What about in some other languages?

KOREAN

Hap means to unify, integrate, coordinate or harmonize in Korean.

That's from a website about what I've decided must be the best martial art ever and now the offical favourite sport of me - HAPKIDO!

MODERN TIMES

Foon.co.uk defines hap:

HAP can mean "That'd be good", "That's happy", "I'm happy", "cool", "funky", "tubular" or "mmm, pie", depending on the context. It never goes out of fashion, is short and easy to spell, is under no risk of being abbreviated or Americanised, and just generally rocks.

'Nuff Said.

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