Bast

Bast

Variant Spelling: Bastet

A cat-goddess, worshiped in the Delta city of Bubastis.
A protectress of cats and those who cared for cats.
As a result, an important deity in the home (since cats were prized pets) and also important in the iconography (since papyri usually show the serpents which attack the sun being killed by cats).
In later Egyptian mythology Bast is also a patroness of luxury and pleasures.

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