Egyptian mythology Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyp ...

, Petbe was the god of revenge, worshiped in the area around Akhmin, in central Egypt. His name translates as ''Sky- Ba'', roughly meaning "Soul of the

Sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

", or "Mood of the sky". However, Petbe may be a Chaldean deity introduced by immigrant workers from the

Levant The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is ...

, 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.

References

Egyptian gods Vengeance gods Cronus {{Egyptian-myth-stub ca:Llista de personatges de la mitologia egípcia#P