Definition of "Bes"

Bes

/bɛs/

proper noun
1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, the protector of households and mothers, children and childbirth.
  Quotations
  The god Bes occurred so early in the human imagination that it reaches back to the earliest of human settlements along the Nile.
  2009, Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama, editors, Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE, page 121