Our Goddess Bastet

Goddess of cats, protection, love, fertility, and motherhood. PLEASE READ: Photos are not mine unless stated otherwise. I will try to give credit where it is due but correct me if I make any mistake. | Posts captioned or tagged with *unidentifed author* mean I either don't know who the original author is or it is an anonymous author. So if you see a post and you know who the original author is please let me know through reblogs or if I incorrectly credit the wrong person please let me know. // keep in mind that everything I post will have its own source on where I got the information from. I do not take credit for any given information. Bast was a goddess during AE. Some information may be accurate while other may not be entirely accurate.

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Ancient prayer for Bastet

Ah U-eh, uben em A-eh; ah U-eh, pesht em A-eh; pert Neteru pu muk meri-v.

Ah ba eh-a sepvt! Mekh-a; i- kua amen-nua emmeh-ten, qemmam-tu Neteru em sekeru.

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Just a little collage I put together using images I found on the internet. Credit goes as follows (I was unable to find original source on some images):

1. Sekem-MIW from deviantart.com 2. Mooncatbastet from deviantart.com 3. Flickr article determined source from The British Museum 4. Unknown source 5. Image found on Pinterest 6. Image found on Pinterest

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Because of their extraordinary ability to keep down the rodent population in the grain fields along the Nile, cats became objects of worship when Egypt was known as granary of the world. The Egyptian cat goddess Bast, or Bastet, depicted as having the body of a woman and the head of a cat, was the goddess of love and fertility as well. Read more here.

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Worship.

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Beautiful Bastet Cat Urn with Hieroglyphic Nameplate Cartouche taken from the website ashesthouart.com

This item is available as a sealed urn which will have crematory remains ashes in a chamber inside the sculpture. For more information visit here.

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As I knead upon your knees, I hope that Bast is greatly pleased To see her child at rest and play, Fed and cared for every day, And when I reach that glorious place And gaze upon her feline face, I’ll ask that Bast will grant you grace To join me in eternal play

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Mythological Ladies: Bast

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Cats in ancient Egypt were revered highly, partly due to their ability to combat vermin such as mice, rats - which threatened key food supplies -, and snakes, especially cobras. Cats of royalty were, in some instances, known to be dressed in golden jewelry and were allowed to eat from their owners’ plates.

As Egyptians truly domesticated their cats, making them valued family members rather than just semi-feral animals that stalked and protected their owner’s homes, Bastet’s image became a lot softer– she became a goddess of family, fertility, and love. Egyptians began regarding their cats as loving, important members of their families, and treated them with as much respect and dignity as their own children.

Sources: www.wikipedia.com www.petcentric.com

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As cats were sacred to Bast, the practice of mummification was extended to them, and the respect that cats received after death mirrored the respect with which they were treated in everyday life. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that in the event of a fire, men would guard the fire to make certain that no cats ran into the flame. Herodotus also wrote that when a cat died, the household would go into mourning as if for a human relative, and would often shave their eyebrows to signify their loss.

Such was the strength of feeling towards cats that killing one, even accidentally, incurred the death penalty. Another Greek historian, Diodorus Siculus, describes an interesting example of swift justice imposed upon the killer of a cat: about 60 BC, he witnessed a Roman accidentally kill an Egyptian cat. An outraged mob gathered and, despite pleas from pharaoh Ptolemy XII, killed the Roman.

Photo credit: Diveena Marcus

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Source taken from Wikipedia.

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The Egyptians associated the female cat’s fertility and motherly care with several divinities. The base of the statuette of Cat with Kittens is inscribed with a request that Bastet grant life, directly linking the cat pictured here with the goddess Bastet.

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Art depiction of Anck-Su-Namun resting her arm on the Egyptian cat statue in the 1999 film The Mummy…

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