Ba-djedet
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Ba-djedet B3-ḏdt Djedet rams |
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Ba-djedet (also Aries of Mendes ) has been attested as the ancient Egyptian local god of the district capital Mendes since the Old Kingdom .
background
Representations
Ba-djedet is mostly depicted either as a crouching ram- headed god with the ankh symbol or as a seated god with the atef crown ; briefly in the 25th dynasty as a naked god lying on a stretcher with phallus , Isis and Nephthys at his side.
In the late period , Ba-djedet can be seen as a standing ram, half of its phallus in a vessel.
Mythological connections
In the New Kingdom , Ba-djedet was equated with the Ba des Osiris ; in the 26th dynasty he was considered another form of Osiris. By equating it with the Ba of Osiris, there is a connection with the Benu bird. During the Greco-Roman times , the Egyptians compared Ba-djedet with the former king of the gods Amun-Re .
Ba-neb-djedet
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Ba-neb-djedet B3-nb-ḏdt Bock from Djedet |
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Ba-neb-djedet (also Bock von Mendes ) is an ancient Egyptian ram deity. The content of the Chester-Beatty 1 papyrus shows that Ba-neb-djedet acted as judge in the divine dispute between Horus and Seth .
In numerous illustrations, Ba-neb-djedet is shown as a ram with its horns twisted outwards. In addition, a Uraeus snake can be seen on his head.
Ba-neb-djedet was worshiped in several other divine manifestations, for example as "Ba-neb-djedet-anch-Re" ( Living Djedet goat of Re ).
See also
literature
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods . Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1147-6 , p. 710.