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Ba-Pef

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Ba-pef
Ba-pef as a ram-headed man with two knives
Name in hieroglyphs
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Ba-pef can be depicted as a ram-headed man (left) or a mummiform god with cow horns (right)

Ba-Pef was a minor underworld god in Egyptian mythology. The name literally means that Ba, meaning that soul (ba). Ba-Pef is commonly portrayed as an obscure malevolent deity known from the Old Kingdom. During the Old and Middle Kingdom the priesthood of Ba-Pef was held by queens.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Robyn A. Gillam, Priestesses of Hathor: Their Function, Decline and Disappearance, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 32, (1995), pp. 213, JSTOR
  2. ^ Wolfgang Helck, Eberhard Otto, Wolfhart Westendorf, Stele-Zypresse, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1986, p 394

Further reading

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  • Michael Jordan, Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002
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