Bas

was identified also with Typhon, and Ba’al—as an infernal deity. In spite of his hideous form—sometimes with a tail— he was represented often on the metal mirrors of Egyptian ladies. He wears a crown of feathers, and a cat, or lion, skin. Some suppose that the Pateei (probably from Patakh “to carve”), which were dwarf figures at the prows or sterns of Phcenician galleys (intended to frighten demons away) were representations of Bas, whom they resembled.