▁three ▁words ▁and ▁special ▁hier og lyph s ▁for ▁d war fs ▁and ▁rever ed ▁several ▁d war f ▁de ities , ▁in ▁particular ▁Bes , ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁the ▁household ▁and ▁birth , ▁and ▁two ▁d war f ▁forms ▁of ▁P t ah . ▁ ▁Term s ▁and ▁dep ict ions ▁ ▁Hier og lyph ic ▁writing ▁ ▁The ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁used ▁three ▁terms ▁to ▁describe ▁pe op les ▁with ▁short ▁stat ure : ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁these ▁was ▁Den eg , ▁Dan eg ▁or ▁D ag ▁( dep ending ▁on ▁different ▁trans cri ptions ), ▁which ▁simply ▁means ▁" l ittle ▁human ", ▁" d war f " ▁and / or ▁" py g my ". ▁The ▁Egypt ian ▁hier og lyph s ▁used ▁for ▁these ▁words ▁could ▁be ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁determin ative ▁of ▁a ▁d war f , ▁altern atively ▁the ▁determin ative ▁was ▁used ▁alone . ▁St ela e ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁D ynast y ▁show ▁only ▁the ▁determin ative , ▁imp lying ▁that ▁the ▁determin ative ▁itself ▁was ▁read ▁Den eg , ▁Dan eg ▁or ▁D ag ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁meaning . ▁In ▁later ▁times , ▁these ▁words ▁were ▁often ▁combined ▁with ▁further ▁determin atives ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁one ▁for ▁" cl oth es / f ashion " ▁( G ard iner ▁sign ▁S 3 8 ), ▁literally ▁describing ▁a ▁" f ashion ▁d war f " ▁( E gypt ian ▁Dan eg - ser et ); ▁or ▁with ▁the ▁determin ative ▁of