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Ba-Pef

Ancient Egyptian deity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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