Babi

In Egyptian mythology, Babi, also Baba,^[1][2] was god in the form of a baboon. His name is translated as Bull of the baboons. This basically means boss of all baboons or the chief of the baboons.^[3] Because Baboons have many human characteristics, it was believed that they were dead ancestors.^[source?]

The god Babi

Because baboons were thought to be the dead, Babi was felt to be an underworld deity.