Bes is an Egyptian god associated with fertility, joy, pleasure, and good fortune; he is a protector of home and family, and particularly a protector of women and children.

He was primarily a household god, worshipped in the home, and thus did not have a particular regional center of worship. His worship was widespread and he was an immensely popular god, particularly during the New Kingdom.

Bes is depicted here as a dwarf, bearded, wearing a crown of ostrich plumes and a lion’s tail and mane.

Kindly Bes, guardian of home and family, granter
of life’s many joys, I praise and honor you.