Bes and Geb
	Homepage  Ammut and Amun  Anubis and Apis  Apophis and Aten  Atum and Bastet  Bes and Geb  Hapy and Hathor  Horus and Imhotep  Isis and Khepry  Khnum and Khonsu  Maat and Montu  Mut and Neith  Nekhbet and Nephthys  Nut and Osiris  Ptah and Re  Sekhmet and Sarapis  Selqet and Seth  Shu and Sobek  Taweret and Tefnut  Thoth and Wadjyt  Wepwawet and The Assessor Gods  Sons of Horus and Underworld Deities  Pharaoh		BES BES IS AN UGLY GOD BUT ALL HIS POWERS ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE FAMILY. He is a bandy-legged dwarf with some of the features of a lion. He often wears a panther skin and holds a weapon to show he is ready to defend a woman and her newly-born children. One of his responsibilities in a temple is to ensure that the child of the major god and goddess is symbolically born without problems. The part of the temple-enclosure where this protection was guaranteed is called the Birth-House or Mammisi. Bes often appears as a decoration on headrests, footboards, cosmetic containers or mirrors. He is also a god who enjoys music, particularly the tambourine or lute. Bes has an important role as a god who will prevent snakes and scorpions harming the family. GEB GEB IS THE EARTH-GOD. The Nile Valley stretches along his body. He is represented as a man, lying down and leaning on one arm. Often his skin is green to indicate vegetation and the fertility of the land of Egypt. For example, barley, ancient Egypt's staple crop for bread, sprouted from his ribs. His name is written with the hieroglyph of a goose, which he sometimes wears as an emblem on his head. Geb is one of the children of SHU and TEFNUT as is his sister-wife NUT. The children of Geb and NUT are the deities OSIRIS, SETH, ISIS and NEPHTHYS.