In Egyptian mythology, Banebdjed is the ram-god, husband of Hatmehit and father of Har-pa-khered. His cult was centered at Mendes. When Horus and Set battled for the throne of Egypt, he recommended that the gods consult Neith, who advised that the throne be given to Horus. Hieroglyphs are a system of writing used by the Ancient Egyptians, using a combination of logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements. ... Egyptian mythology (or Egyptian religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of Christianity and Islam. ... Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... In Egyptian mythology, Hatmehit, or Hatmehyt was a fish-goddess, wife of Banebdjetet and mother of Har-pa-khered. ... This page is about the Egyptian deity. ... In Egyptian mythology, Mendes was an incarnation of Osiris, a sacred animal representing nature and virility. ... Horus (Greek, Egyptian names Hor, Heru-sa-Aset, Herur, Hrw, Hr, and Hor-Hekenu) is the falcon-headed god of ancient Egyptian mythology. ... Set, in KV34 Set (also Setekh, Seth, etc) was originally a god of strength, war, storms, foreign lands (and foreigners) and deserts in Egyptian mythology. ... Neith In Egyptian mythology, Neith (also known as Nit, Net and Neit) was a psychopomp, a goddess of war and the hunt and the patron deity of Sais, in the Western Delta. ... Horus (Greek, Egyptian names Hor, Heru-sa-Aset, Herur, Hrw, Hr, and Hor-Hekenu) is the falcon-headed god of ancient Egyptian mythology. ...

His name means "Ba [lit "Power" or "Incarnation"] of the Lord of Mendes" (Mendes, ancient Djedet, was his main center of worship.) Some of the titles of Banebdjed were "Lord of the Sky" and "Life of the Sun." He was a god of peace and level-headedness who helped to judge the souls of the dead. There is some evidence that Banebdjed incorporated the essence of the world in four spirits, corresponding to the four first rulers of the world; Ra, Shu, Geb, and Osiris. Banebdjed was pictured as a ram, or as a ram-headed man. At Mendes was kept a sacred ram, worshipped as the incarnation of the god. The Eye of Ra, also called the Eye of Horus This article is about the Egyptian god. ... Shu may refer to: Shu (Egyptian deity) 蜀 (Shǔ), an abbreviation of Sichuan province of the Peoples Republic of China, as well as the following historical regimes that existed in this region: Shu Han, a kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period Former Shu, a kingdom during the Five Dynasties... GEB cover Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter, first published in 1979 by Basic Books. ... This article is about the god. ...

This god has been sadly perverted in sensational "occult" fiction, for Banebdjed is the benign original for a travesty called the "goat of Mendes", identifed with Baphomet, who is supposed to be some sort of diabolic spirit (the fact that Banebdjed was a sheep, not a goat, was apparently overlooked). Baphomet, by Eliphas Lévi. ...