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Bes  (bs)
n. Mythology
The Egyptian god of music and revelry and the guardian deity of women in labor.
Bes [bɛs]
n
(Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) an ancient Egyptian god represented as a grotesque hairy dwarf: the patron of music and pleasure
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This was a small copy of one of the ancient Egyptian gods--that of Bes, who represented the destructive power of nature.
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