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Petbe

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Petbe
Name in hieroglyphs
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In Egyptian mythology, Petbe was the god of revenge, worshipped in the area around Akhmim, in central Egypt.[1] His name translates as Sky-Ba, roughly meaning "Soul of the Sky", or "Mood of the sky". However, Petbe may be a Chaldean deity introduced by immigrant workers from the Levant, with his name being a corruption of the hybrid phrase Pet-(Ba'al), meaning "Lord of the sky". Early Christians compared Petbe to the Greek god Cronus.

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  1. ^ "Petbe - God of Revenge". Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2016-10-27.