~ BES  experts will point out that
       BES is unrelated to see> BETH or BETHESDA
  but perhaps this is not so since
  both related to ideas concerned with "HOME"
  id+ | PROTECTING SPIRIT OF HOMES AND CHILDREN |
  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 BUT OF
  BABYLONIAN OR ARABIAN ORIGIN