1) Animal goddess 2) Egyptian goddess 3) Lunar goddess 4) Mythological feline
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Bastet was a goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BC). As Bast, she was the goddess of warfare in Lower Egypt, the Nile River delta region, before the unification of the cultures of ancient Egypt. Her name is also spelled Baast, Ubaste, and Baset. The two uniting cultures had deities that shared sim...
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ancient Egyptian goddess worshiped in the form of a lioness, and later a cat. Bastet was an ancient deity whose nature changed after the ... [1 related articles]
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Ancient Egyptian cat-headed goddess. Her cult centre was Bubastis (modern Tell Basta), the second-largest ancient site in the Nile delta after Tanis; it includes a large temple and a burial site...
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Bastet was the earlier form of the Egyptian goddess later known as Bast.
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an ancient Egyptian goddess; the daughter of Re and mother of Khonsu (the moon), Bastet was the goddess of cats, fire, the home, and pregnant women; appearing in myth as both submissive and belligerent, Bastet protected expecting mothers and slaughtered enemies.
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A cat headed goddess. As a sun goddess she represents the warm, life giving power of the sun.
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