The dwarf Bes was a demigod from Babylonia and was imported to Egypt during the 18th dynasty (1550-1300 BC.). From being a war god in his homeland. In Egypt he became a protector against evil spirits and misfortune. He was depicted in a sometimes androgyne way full face with a bearded large head, bow legs and sometimes a bushy tail. He scared off the destructive powers and his tools to accomplish that were various musical instruments like rattles to make a din, swords and knives.
He aided Taueret as a midwife. When a child was born he would stay by the cradle and entertain it. As protector of the royal house, he became a very popular household deity for all Egyptians. He had a plumed crown and wore the skin of a lion or panther and was also the patron of fashion.
Sometimes he wore the mane of a lion and in a few pictures he is looking rather female possibly by the (probably misread) name Beset

Bast was an old cat goddess venerated in Bubastis, capital of the 18th province in Lower Egypt. She protected pregnant women and was patroness for singing, music and dancing and thus very popular.
The rays of the sun were also symbols of hers. She was as a woman with a cat's head, or just a sitting cat but originally wore a lioness' head. In depictions she can be seen as a cat with a mask of a lioness (with rounded ears) in her hand. Many mummified Bastet cats have been found from all times and amulets and figurines depicting her were common. Her festival was very popular since she also was protector of love, joy and pleasure. During the New Kingdom she had a lion-headed son with the god Ptah: the war god Maahes.