Bastet the goddess of cats

1. Bastet the goddess of cats By: Kit Cotros Bastet was the goddess of cats, Lower Egypt, and the sun and the moon.

2. Basic Facts Basic Facts Bastet Goddess of Cats Bastet the goddess of cats was the protector of Ra ( Re ). Ra sent Bastet into a tomb to fight the god of chaos for eternity. The god of chaos was a snake and was named Apophis. Bast was a goddess of the sun throughout most of Ancient Egyptian history, but later when she was changed into a cat goddess rather than a lioness, she was changed to a goddess of the moon by Greeks occupying Ancient Egyptian toward the end of its civilization. ( in Greek mythology, Bast also is known as Ailuros.

3. Family History

4. How was Bast born if she had no mother? This might be a little different to you but Bast was formed not born. She was said to have been created by Ra’s developing sperm in the ocean…

5. Beastly Bastet Bastet is the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess of war, strategy, fertility, cats ( of course ), child rearing, and protection. Bastet is beast because Ra sent her into a magical obelisk to fight a gigantic snake for eternity. This snake was the main god of chaos. This giant snake was called Apophis. When Bastet went into war she would turn into – human body with LION head –

6. Bast’s sister Sekhmet Sekhmet is one of the oldest known Egyptian deities. She is depicted as a lion-headed woman, sometimes with the addition of a sun disc on her head. Sekhmet’s main cult centre was in Memphis ( Men Nefer) where she was worshipped as “the destroyer” alongside her consort Ptah ( the creator ) and Nefertum ( the healer )

7. Pictures

8. Bastet fight with Apophis • In the bottom right picture • Bastet is fighting Apophis – that is incorrect because she would not be in her cat form she would be in her war form ( human body lion head ) • (On the bottom left and middle picture Ra is on his night journey through the underworld ( Ra took this trip in the underworld while the moon was up ) While Ra was riding in this boat Bastet and some other gods protected him from the evil snake Apophis from rising into humanity and some other evil creatures lurking in the underworld.

9. Cat fight Meow Meow Bastet was a well trained fighter because she was a cat. You might think cats are not good at fights. Cats are very cunning as well. cats are not good in fights but actually cats have long claws. So if you were a goddess that head cat-like superpowers, a human body, and long claws well lets just say WALK AWAY! Although she was a competitive fighter Apophis had some tricks up his sleeve as well. Apophis was a giant snake that was the god of chaos. Apophis had some demons and minor gods of chaos at his side ( like Seth ). Apophis was a large golden snake known to be miles long. He was so larger every day he attempted to swallow the sun also known as Ra. That is why Ra sent Bastet to fight him for eternity. One of Apophis’ many tricks was that Apophis would try to hypnotize Ra. Egyptians thought that because Apophis could not attack while the sun was up they thought he must lie just below the horizon. They also though he would jump up just when the sun was rising and setting. Here is a picture of our   little friend   

10. Reference Page http://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/Sekhmet.html Google Images http://www.egyptianmyths.net/bastet.htm ( some things on this website were incorrect ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastet http://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/Sekhmet.html Google Images http://www.egyptianmyths.net/bastet.htm ( some things on this website were incorrect ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apep

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