Egyptian Cat God Bastet
Bastet is the egyptian goddess of the home domesticity women s secrets cats fertility and childbirth.
Egyptian cat god bastet. She s been known as both bast and bastet. Her main attributes include being the protector of lower egypt the patron goddess of cats and firefighters and being a goddess of the sun war fertility music and celebration. She then was depicted as the daughter of ra and isis and the consort of ptah with whom she had a son maahes. Bastet was originally a fierce lioness warrior goddess of the sun worshiped throughout most of ancient egyptian history but later she was changed into the cat goddess that is familiar today becoming bastet.
Bastet goddess of cats is one of the most well known figures of the egyptian pantheon. She protected the home from evil spirits and disease especially diseases associated with women and children.