Babi (Egyptian mythology)
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Babi , also Baby , Baba and Bebon , is a demonic god in ancient Egypt . According to belief he lives in the bowels of man.
meaning
During the cradle ceremony of the heart in the hall of the two truths, he ensures that Ammit devoured the souls of the unjustified (the guilty) ( ancient Egyptian judgment of the dead ). Babi is responsible for the sexual ability in the afterlife and is represented as a baboon with an erect limb. This was also seen as the mast of the underworld ferry.
See also
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. 3rd edition, Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 87.
- Eberhard Otto : Bebon. In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ). Volume I, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , Sp. 675.