In Ancient Egyptian legends, the universe began in darkness, with lifeless earth covered by the boundless waters of Nun.
Later, a hill emerged from the water, and thus there was land. A lotus flower suddenly appeared, and from its blooming petals emerged a living being: the sun—Ra.
The rising sun dispelled the darkness and illuminated the universe. Ra first spat Shu and Tefnut from his mouth, representing air and water. Together, they formed the sky, corresponding to which was the earth. Geb was the god representing the earth in Ancient Egyptian mythology. He not only controlled the bounty of plants growing from the ground, but also decided whether the souls of the dead went to heaven or hell. Shu, Tefnut, and Geb were Egyptian creation gods. Later, Tefnut united with Geb and gave birth to their eldest son, Osiris.
Though he was the god of the underworld, he was neither a devil nor a god of darkness. On the contrary, he symbolized the hope of eternal glory believed in by egyptians.
Every night, the sun, aged from burning itself too fiercely, came to Osiris and regained its youthful vitality. Osiris also represented the power of rebirth.
Horus was Osiris's son, and so was Babi. At first, Horus, like Osiris, was the son of Geb and Nut. Later, he became the son of Osiris and Isis, the husband of Hathor, goddess of love, while Babi, the god representing Osiris's eldest son, was forgotten.
If Osiris had inherited from Geb the authority over the underworld and the judgment of the dead, then Babi had inherited from Osiris the power of rebirth.
But just as Osiris could be killed and dismembered, Babi could be killed as well. In Egyptian mythology, gods could die too, and were ultimately buried in a plot of land