It was the sexual connotations associated with his cult that led early Christians to demonise Banebdjedet.

The chief deities of Mendes were the ram deity Banebdjedet (lit.

Typically Banebdjedet was depicted with four rams' heads to represent the four Ba's of the sun god.

As the dispute continues it is Banebdjedet who suggests that Seth be given the throne as he is the elder brother.

Banebdjedet (Banebdjed) was an Ancient Egyptian ram god with a cult centre at Mendes.

According to myth, Imhotep's mother was a mortal named Kheredu-ankh, elevated later to semi-divine status by claims that she was the daughter of Banebdjedet.

In a chapel in the Ramesseum, a stela records how the god Ptah took the form of Banebdjedet, in view of his virility, in order to have union with the woman who would conceive Rameses II.

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

This aspect of Osiris was referred to as Banebdjedet, which is grammatically feminine (also spelt "Banebded" or "Banebdjed"), literally "the ba of the lord of the djed, which roughly means The soul of the lord of the pillar of stability.

Early gods with long wavy ram horns include Khnum and the equivalent god in Lower Egypt, Banebdjedet, the "Ram Lord of Djedet" (Mendes), who was typically shown with four ram heads to represent the four souls (Ba) of the sun god.