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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.

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

Gender
male
Spouse
Hatmehit
Child
Horus
Image
Banebdjedet.svg
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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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banebdjedet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.