Bastet is a cat! Shekmet is a lioness who used to be ra's warrior but she was too violent and ra had bastet replace her
The goddess Bastet was usually represented as a woman with the head of a domesticated cat. However, up until 1000 BC she was portrayed as a lioness. Bastet was the daughter of Ra, the sun god. When Re destroyed his enemy, he was usually depicted as a cat. As portrayed as a cat, she was connected with the moon (her son was the god of the moon). When shown as a lioness, she is associated with sunlight.
Bastet was associated with the cat, and often depicted as a lioness or domestic cat. She was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, known as the goddess of home, fertility, and protection. Cats were considered sacred in ancient Egypt, and they were often kept as pets to honor Bastet.
The black cat often associated with ancient Egyptian culture is named "Bastet" or "Bast." She is the goddess of home, fertility, and domesticity, and is typically depicted as a lioness or as a woman with the head of a lioness or domestic cat. Cats were revered in ancient Egypt, and Bastet was believed to protect households and promote family harmony.
Bast was a lioness warrior goddess of the sunin ancient Egyptian history, later being changed into the cat goddess Bastet, and later Greeks hanged her into a goddess of the moon.
The animal head associated with the Egyptian goddess Bast, also known as Bastet, is that of a lioness or a domestic cat. She is often depicted with the body of a woman and the head of a lioness or a cat.
In Egyptian mythology, Bastet was commonly associated with her sister, Sekhmet. Sekhmet was often depicted as a lioness goddess while Bastet was represented as a cat goddess. Both sisters were powerful and revered in ancient Egypt.
Re or Ra? I will answer Ra because I know that: Either Bastet(cat goddess) or sekhmet(lioness goddess). Hope I help!
Yes, the ancient Egyptians revered a goddess associated with cats named Bastet (or Bast). She was often depicted as a lioness or as a woman with the head of a lioness or domestic cat. Bastet was a goddess of home, fertility, and domesticity, and cats were considered sacred animals in her honor, symbolizing grace and protection. Killing a cat, even accidentally, was punishable by death in ancient Egypt due to their revered status.
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A Cat was a Guardian of the Other-world and a Protector. They are Affiliated with the Goddess Bast or Bastet who was idolised as a lioness in most cases
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. She then was depicted as the daughter of Ra and Isis, and the consort of Ptah, with whom she had a son Maahes.