Talk:Babi (mythology)

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Egyptologists don't call him Babi. They call him Baba. --197.34.164.16 (talk) 04:37, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

197.34.164.16: Both variants of the name are used. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard Wilkinson, The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods by George Hart, Egyptian Mythology by Geraldine Pinch, and Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods by Dimitri and Christine Meeks all spell his name as Babi. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian Literature by Miriam Lichtheim, and Egyptian Myths (by George Hart again, oddly) spell it as Baba. Literature of Ancient Egypt, edited by William Kelly Simpson, spells it as Bebon, even though it's translating the same text as Lichtheim and the Oxford Encyclopedia says Babi and Bebon are closely related deities rather than the same. I know that sample of the sources is limited, but if it's any indication, there isn't an overwhelming preference for either Babi or Baba. A. Parrot (talk) 07:09, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]