In hieroglyphs: 𓏇𓇋𓅱𓃠 (Gardiner's code: W19-M17-G43-E13)
Transliterated as: mjw (consonants only)
Meaning and Translation:
male cat; tomcat
Pronunciation with reconstructed vowels in several stages of Ancient Egyptian (using IPA):
/mi(ʀ)juw/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.)
Coptic and its dialects (from 325 B.C.E. to now):
ⲉⲙⲟⲩ (emou) (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic)
ⲁⲙⲟⲩ (amou) (Sahidic)
Bast is the ancient Egyptian goddess of cats or sensual pleasure.
Bast was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sun (originally), the moon (after the Greeks), cats, women, and secrets.
Nut was the Egyptian sky goddess.
The Egyptian goddess Isis is a real goddess of ancient Egypt.
It was the egyptian goddess BASTET.
Bast is the ancient Egyptian goddess of cats or sensual pleasure.
Bast is the Ancient Egyptian goddess of cats, also known as Bastette.
Bast was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sun (originally), the moon (after the Greeks), cats, women, and secrets.
They worshipped a cat goddess so they thought that honoring a cat would please the goddess
Bast was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sun (originally), the moon (after the Greeks), cats, women, and secrets.
Nut was the Egyptian sky goddess.
Bastet was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sun (originally), the moon (after the Greeks), cats, women, and secrets.
Bastet was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sun (originally), the moon (after the Greeks), cats, women, and secrets.
Bast was worshiped as the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sun (originally), the moon (after the Greeks), cats, women, and secrets.
The Egyptian goddess Isis is a real goddess of ancient Egypt.
The ancient Egyptian deity that was considered the cow-goddess is Hathor.
Bastet is the Egyptian goddess of cats. In fact, she has the head of a cat and the body of a human.