2007-02-15 13:50:29 · 3 answers · asked by Steve R 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Cats were very common in Egypt.
Egyptians were very fond of them. Egyptians thought animals were messengers of the gods.
They valued cats for protecting their stores of grain from rats and mice and for helping them hunt for birds.
Egyptians also honored cats because they represented the goddess Bastet, who was the goddess of happiness, love and cats.
When a cat died, the family who owned it mourned it. Dead cats were mummified like people and buried in a cemetery in the land of Bastet.
2007-02-15 15:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by A Lady Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll say this much. There were more cats mummified than non-royalty .
A quote from The Book of The Dead.
"I am the Cat which fought near the Persea Tree in Anu on the
night when the foes of Neb-er-tcher were destroyed." Who is this Cat?
"This male Cat is Ra himself, and he was called 'Mau'
2007-02-15 22:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats were supposedly the guardians of the underworld.
2007-02-16 05:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by Oracle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋