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Bes: God without Temples (Large Print Edition)
Paperback
Series: Gods of Egypt, Myth and Mystery, Book 22
Publisher: Aj Carmichael
Published: Mar 30 2026
Pages: 246
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.52 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
BES: THE GOD WITHOUT TEMPLES
Hidden beyond the towering temples and royal rituals of ancient Egypt lies a more intimate world-one of fear, protection, and daily survival. Bes: The God Without Temples uncovers the story of a fierce and unforgettable deity who guarded homes, watched over sleeping families, and stood beside mothers in the most dangerous moments of childbirth. Unlike the great gods of state religion, Bes lived where the people lived-on amulets, beside beds, and at the thresholds where danger was believed to enter.
Through archaeology, iconography, and the material traces of everyday life, this book reveals a powerful form of domestic spirituality that shaped the lives of ordinary Egyptians. Bes emerges not as a minor figure, but as a constant presence-grotesque yet reassuring, confrontational yet protective. For readers drawn to ancient history, mythology, and the hidden dimensions of belief, this is a journey into the sacred spaces of the home, where the divine was not distant, but always watching.
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