This god grasps a tambourine in his tail in a stelae held at the MoMa that was discovered within one of his namesake incubation “chambers” from the Ptolemaic dynasty. Isis implies that Horus was raised by a “sow” and this god in the Metternich stelae, which depicts the god above Horus. Snakes are strangled and bitten by this god in his demonic guise as Aha (“ah-HAH”). It’s not Osiris or Shu, but a plumed ostrich headdress adorned the head of this god, whose protruding tongue may have inspired the gorgon’s face. This god was originally depicted as a rearing (*) lion. The Phoenecians named the island of Ibiza after this god. The thighs and pubic areas of prostitutes, dancers, and musicians could feature tattoos of this god, whose ability to “scare off” evil associated him with everything good. For 10 points, Taweret is often depicted alongside what potbellied, dwarven god of childbirth? ■END■
ANSWER: Bes [or Bisu; accept Aha until read]
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