Egypt · Protection, the home and cats
Bastet bꜣs.tt
Also written Bast.
- God of
- Protection, the home and cats
- Recognised by
- A cat, or a cat-headed woman, often with a sistrum
- Chief cult centre
- Bubastis
Originally a lioness and protector of the king, softened over time into the cat she is now known as. Herodotus describes the festival at Bubastis as the largest and least sober in Egypt.
Egyptian sources What Egyptians wrote, on walls, coffins and papyri. What that means
In the correspondence web
Herodotus gives the Greek name of Bastet as Artemis, in Book II, 156. Bastet in the correspondence web, with the sentence it rests on.