BAST – BASTET – UBASTET – PAKHET

Bast, Perfumed Protector, Cat Goddess

In ancient Egypt the cat was worshipped as a sacred animal – the mother or creator.

Bast is the Egyptian Goddess and protector of cats, women and children. She is Goddess of sunrise. Her goddess duty changed over the years, but, she is also known as a goddess of love, fertility, birth, music and dance.

BASTET

ORIGIN Egyptian. Feline goddess associated with the vengeance of the sun god.

KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 2700 BC to the end of Egyptian history (circa AD 400).

SYNONYMS none.

CENTER(S) OF CULT Bubastis in the Delta region of Lower Egypt and probably at the Karnak temple complex in Upper Egypt.