~ BES  id+ | PROTECTING SPIRIT OF
             HOMES AND CHILDREN |
  some experts point out that
  BES and BETH are unrelated
  but perhaps this is not so since
  BES and BETH convey ideas about "HOME"
  myth> EGYPTIAN DEITY
        A DWARF WITH LARGE HEAD AND
  PROTRUDING EYES AND TONGUE
  SHAGGY BEARD
  BUSHY TAIL
  BOWED LEGS or BOWLEGGED
  THE INTENT PROBABLY IS
  TO INDUCE JOY AND DRIVE AWAY PAIN AND SORROW
  BES PLAYS THE HARP or FLUTE and DANCES
  ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH AND BIRTH HOUSES
  PROTECTOR OF CHILDREN
  note OFTEN HIS FIGURES INCLUDED FETAL PARTS
  BES MAY BE OF NON EGYPTIAN ORIGIN POSSIBLY
  BABYLONIAN OR ARABIAN