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  2. Baphomet - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian god Khnum (Upper Egypt) was usually depicted with the head of a spiral-horned ram. Mendes is the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian city of Djedet. Lévi equates his image with "The Goat of Mendes", possibly following the account by Herodotus [ 60 ] that the god of Mendes was depicted with a goat's face and legs.

  3. Horned deity - Wikipedia

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    The inaccurate description can be traced back to Herodotus' Histories Book II, where Herodotus describes the deity of Mendes as having a goat's head and fleece, when Banebdjedet was really represented by a ram, not a goat. The Devil in the Rider–Waite Tarot deck

  4. Sigil of Baphomet - Wikipedia

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    This symbol was later reproduced in A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural by Maurice Bessy. [6] Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, acquired Bessy's book during his research into the "black arts". LaVey adapted the symbol from Bessy's book, with the "Samael" and "Lilith" text removed.

  5. Khnum - Wikipedia

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    The hieroglyphic symbol hnm (𓎸) often appearing in Khnum's name is derived from the word hnmt, signifying "well", or "spring". His name can also be connected to a Semitic root meaning "sheep". Alternatively, the formation of the name can be interpreted as "the beloved divine being".

  6. Horned God - Wikipedia

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    The Horned God is one of the two primary deities found in Wicca and some related forms of Neopaganism.The term Horned God itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th-century syncretic term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god partly based on historical horned deities.

  7. Aries (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Its traditional name is derived from the Arabic word for "lamb" or "head of the ram" (ras al-hamal), which references Aries's mythological background. [18] With a spectral class of K2 [ 13 ] and a luminosity class of III, it is an orange giant with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.00, which lies 66 light-years from Earth.

  8. Heimdall - Wikipedia

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    Heimdall's unusual physical description has also been seen by various scholars as fitting this association: As mentioned above, Heimdall is described as gold-toothed (by way of his name Gullintanni), as having the ability to hear grass grow and the growth of wool on sheep, and as owning a sword called 'head' (rams have horns on their heads ...

  9. Banebdjedet - Wikipedia

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    Typically, the horned god Banebdjedet was depicted with four rams' heads to represent the four Bas of the sun god. He may also be linked to the first four gods to rule over Egypt ( Osiris , Geb , Shu and Ra-Atum), with large granite shrines to each in the Mendes sanctuary.