Bes is the dwarf god of the Egyptian household - apotropaic protector of mothers, children and sleepers, and patron of music, dance and sexual pleasure. He has no myth cycle and no temple: his power is in the image, and his full-face, ithyphallic figure appears on headrests, mirrors, feeding cups and magical wands, as tattoos on dancers, and in the birth chambers. He is shown with a lion's mane and a knife, tongue out, frightening off the spirits that threaten a house.
Modern Practice
Bes is worked with in the home rather than the temple: at a birth, at a child's bedside, at a party, in a studio. The practice is the image kept where the danger is - a figure by the door - and the offering is the good time itself.