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However her feline form is only one of her many intriguing aspects.
Egyptian cat goddess bast. Bastet is the egyptian goddess of the home domesticity women s secrets cats fertility and childbirth. Bastet is most commonly known as the cat goddess as she is often depicted with the head of a house cat. She has a strong presence in pop culture and a select few even still worship her. Or she takes the form of an attractive woman with the head of a cat.
She then was depicted as the daughter of ra and isis and the consort of ptah with whom she had a son maahes. Bast is the egyptian goddess also known as bastet whose mission is to protect the home. In egyptian mythology bastet bast is the goddess of protection cats pregnancy fertility music warfare and ointments. While she s not the only cat goddess from ancient history bastet is probably the most famous cat goddess today.
The daughter of re the sun god bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 bce. In the early days she was the fierce lion headed goddess of the lower nile who protected the pharaoh and the sun god ra. Bastet was originally a fierce lioness warrior goddess of the sun worshiped throughout most of ancient egyptian history but later she was changed into the cat goddess that is familiar today becoming bastet. Bastet originally ubaste or bast is the egyptian cat goddess often depicted in egyptian tv scenes movies and books.
Bast the egyptian cat goddess areas of influence. Today egyptologists typically refer to bast as bastet because of variants in the spelling that came along later. She was native to bubastis in the nile river delta but also had an important cult at memphis. She symbolizes the joy of living as it is considered the deity of harmony and happiness.
She became both a nurturing mother figure and a terrifying avenger. Scholars believe this goddess might have once been the egyptian lion headed goddess of war sekhmet. She was generally revered as the daughter of ra the creator god and king of the egyptian gods. She is typically represented by the image of a cat.
She protected the home from evil spirits and disease especially diseases associated with women and children. Bastet was known for her gentleness as the protector of women and the home. Bast was known as a goddess of warfare in lower egypt during the period in which egypt was still divided. Bast the egyptian cat goddess had numerous areas of influence that developed over time.
As bastet was the goddess of cats she was usually depicted with a cat head and an ankh the egyptian symbol of life.
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