“The gods' court jester, and the only god invited into every home.”
A Faience immortal of The Two Lands
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The dwarf at the bedroom door, lion-maned, tongue out, dancing. Protector of households, childbirth, and sleep; demons take one look at him and leave, embarrassed. The gods' court jester, and the only god invited into every home in Egypt.
He is dancing on a bedroom wall in the workers' village right now, tongue out, keeping the bad dreams at the door while a child sleeps.
So long as there are bedrooms, there will be Bes on the wall. The dancing does not stop.
“Bes's tongue went back in. Mid-dance, on a bedroom wall in the workers' village — the dwarf stopped, tongue in, eyes wide, staring at the corner of the room. The child woke up crying. The demons, the old wives say, noticed before anyone else did.”
The dwarf stopped dancing mid-step. The demons noticed.
Nome gods, household gods, temple cults — the gods people actually meet: potters, weavers, midwives, protectors, and the lioness you do not cross.
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