#goddess bastet

[truebluelotus]

Bastet | Goddess of Fertility

[dragonqueenofnile]

Silly Drawing of the Goddess Bastet :3

[all--whirlwind--goo]

Goddess Bastet, Late Period, 26th dynasty, ca. 600 BC.

[adelethecrow]

Bastet

[awinterrosesstuff]

Egyptian mythology : Bastet - Cat's goddess of domesticity, home, fertility, women's secrets and childbirth. She's depicted as a defender of the Sun and protector against constagious diseases and evil spirits.

[astralportalmultidimensional]

Bastet, Lady of the Sacred Temple.

Dua Bastet 🖤

[saganssorcery]

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Artist: Yana Anikina Art 🔥🖌️

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Ancient Egyptians held cats in the highest esteem.

The penalties of injuring a cat were severe and killing a cat led to capital punishment.

They worshipped a cat goddess, half woman and half feline, whom they called Bastet.

When the cat dies, it is the duty of the owners to give them proper burial along with rituals. They shave their head, eyebrows or beard to show their grief.

They even conduct after life rituals for their cat in order to gain blessings from Goddess Bastet.

Cat was embalmed with a sculpted wooden mask and then placed in the family tomb or pet cemetery (premises of Temple of Goddess Bastet) with tiny mummies of mice.

The state maintained the cats in the temple of Goddess Bastet. Head priest of the temple was in charge of maintenance of cats in temple premises.

The state also took charge of burial and rituals of stray cats.

The whole kingdom loved and respected cats. Their owners loved and treated them as their own child throughout Egyptian Civilization.