2006-06-16 02:46:42 · 20 answers · asked by susanr_2003@sbcglobal.net 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
She is depicted as a cat, or a lioness.
2006-06-16 02:50:42 · answer #1 · answered by answer gal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cats
2006-06-16 12:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats
2006-06-16 04:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by kendo2_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cat
Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - Bastet
... The goddess Bastet was usually represented as a woman with the head of a domesticated cat ... was portrayed as a lioness. Bastet was the daughter of Re, the sun god
2006-06-16 02:53:01 · answer #4 · answered by MTGurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Egyptian mythology--goddess worshipped originally Lower Eygpt, chief god of Ra, a solar deity, because of reasons she became thought of as a domestic cat
2006-06-16 03:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by rtdvll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cat or lioness headed goddess, the fierce nature of the lioness that hunted or the cat that was purring at the hearth. Both sides of the same coin.
2006-06-16 03:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by Antoinette W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cat
2006-06-16 06:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cat
2006-06-16 06:31:20 · answer #8 · answered by possum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In early cases Bast (written as 'Bastet' through scribes in later cases to pressure that the 't' replaced into to be suggested) replaced right into a goddess with the top of a lion or a wasteland sand-cat and replaced into called mom of Mahes, a lion-headed god. She replaced into typically depicted as a cat, or as a woman with the top of a cat or lion. She replaced into also linked to Hathor, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Atum (her father) and Mut. It replaced into purely in the hot Kingdom that she received the top of a house cat and grew to develop right into a miles more desirable 'pleasant' goddess, though she replaced into nevertheless depicted as a lion-headed lady to exhibit her warfare-like aspect. As with Hathor, Bast is often seen carrying a sistrum. Her call has the hieroglyph of a 'bas'-jar with the female ending of 't'. those jars were heavy fragrance jars, typically crammed with intense priced perfumes - they were very powerful in Egypt, thinking the Egyptian choose (with the nice and cozy climate) of makeup, bathing, hygiene and (for sure) fragrance. Bast, through her call, seems on the issue of perfumes finally. Her son Nefertem, a image voltaic god, replaced right into a god of perfumes and alchemy, which helps the perception.
2016-10-30 23:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bast was in the form of a cat.
2006-06-17 10:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cat.
2006-06-16 07:08:31 · answer #11 · answered by James L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋