Banebdjedet
Sign in to saveBanebdjedet also spelled Banebdjed or Banebdjetet is an Ancient Egyptian ram god with a cult centre at Mendes. Khnum was the equivalent god in Upper Egypt. He is most notable for appearing in the myth of Horus and Set.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Egyptian
- Deity.image
- File:Banebdjedet.svg
- Deity.caption
- Banebdjedet as a man with four ram heads wielding a Was-sceptre and Ankh
- Deity.cult_center
- Mendes
- Deity.hiero
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- Deity.consort
- Hatmehit
- Deity.offspring
- Horus the Child, Khereduankh
- Deity.image_upright
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- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Upper Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Khnum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Hatmehit
- Child
- Horus
- Image
- Banebdjedet.svg
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- Commons category
- Banebdjedet
- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
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Banebdjedet also spelled Banebdjed or Banebdjetet is an Ancient Egyptian ram god with a cult centre at Mendes. Khnum was the equivalent god in Upper Egypt. He is most notable for appearing in the myth of Horus and Set.
==Family== His wife was the goddess Hatmehit ("Foremost of the Fishes"), who was perhaps the original deity of Mendes. Their offspring was "Horus the Child" and they formed the so-called "Mendesian Triad".
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