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Bastet
Bastet, daughter of the sun god Ra, wife of Ptah, and mother of Mihos, is an ancient Egyptian goddess who is still greatly revered by many today. Bastet is the Sacred Cat and her name means devouring lady. She is depicted as having the body of a woman and the head of a domestic cat. She holds the sacred rattle, Sistrum, and she possesses Utchat, the divine, all-seeing eye of Ra.
Her worship began around the year 3200 BCE during the second dynasty in northern Egypt and her city is Bubastis. She became a national deity when Bubastis became the capital of Egypt in about 950 BC. There, and in many other ancient cities, Egyptians celebrated Bast’s feast day, October 31st, with great joy and enthusiasm honouring their goddess, their protectress. Temples honouring Bastet were found at Bubastis, Memphis-Sakkara and Dendera.
Related to Neith, the Night Goddess, Bast symbolized the moon in its function of making a woman fruitful, with swelling womb. She was also the Egyptian Goddess of pleasure, health and healing, music, dancing and joy, the sunrise and associated with the Eye of Ra, acting as the instrument of the Sun God's vengeance. She also protected humans against contagious diseases and evil spirits. The people of ancient Egypt turned to Bast for protection and for blessing, as she was a renowned and beloved goddess.
She was the protectress of women, children, and domestic cats. Cats were demigods in ancient Egypt. Cats, as manifestations of Deity, were sacred; they protected the grain from mice and rats. Killing a cat was punished with death.
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