Lubuhlobo esisikisela phakathi komlilo nevazi nw iqinisekiswa ngumfanekiso we Benu, i-phoenix yesiko lamaGrikhi, uphawu lomlilo nokuzalwa kabusha, ogama lakhe empeleni libhalwe ngevazi nw njengoba kufakazelwa ukupela. Isithombe seBenou sibaluleke kakhulu ekuqondeni ukubonakaliswa kuka-Osiris (Wsir) eHeliopolis. Ukhozi, okunye kokubonakaliswa kukaBenou eKemet, kuthiwa aquila ukubuyekezwa ngesimo eside; i-latin umbono "Inyoni" inikeza impande ye-Indo-European *auei "Inyoni yamanzi" ehlobene aqua kusuka kuphi cha, ihansi", akwila, ukhozi". Siveza ukuthi ihansi nokhozi yizinyoni ezixhumene ne-Benou, isithombe sehansi sisetshenziswa ekupenipheni okusetshenziselwa ukuchaza i-Benou.
Sankofa: "Inhliziyo ibekwe ku-brazier evuthayo" Isithombe saphakade. Alikho i-swan e-Afrika, okusikisela ukuthi iSankofa ekuqaleni ibhekisa ihansi noma idada, izinyoni zomndeni owodwa ne-swan (Anatidae). I-swan iyisibonakaliso se-Aphrodite, okungukuthi i-Venus. E-Kemet, iBenou ihlotshaniswa neplanethi iVenus.