| ~ Discover the Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt~ | |||||||||
 |
~ God Bess ~ | ||||||||
|
|||||||||
Hierogliphic Name: meaning "hidden" |
||
 |
||
Appearance: Besn is represented as an ugly dwarf. |
||
|
||
Biography: God Bes may look like an ugly dwarf, he was much cherished by Egyptians who worn his figure as an amulet. Indeed Bes was said to watch over marriage, love and birth, and by his ugliness was supposed to scare away evil spirits. p. 184 picture. |
||
|
Stele, dedicated to Amun (depicted as a ram), in Deir el-Medinah, found in the grounds of the temple of Hathor, 19th-20th Dynasty, limestone. | |
|
||
|
||