The Devouring Lady

Bastet!

Goddess of The Protection of the Royal House and of the Two Lands.

The Goddess that grants birth and Joy.

Protector of Women and Children.

Protector of the Felines.

The Grand Goddess who brings Good Fortune.

Along with Dance and Music.

Goddes who is Beautiful with every Step.

Cautious but full of strenth.

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Appearance -Of a cat or Human Form with a Cats head. At ancient times she was first depicted in some arts as a Lioness.

Sacred Animal : Cats

Symbols : cat, lioness, sistra, Udjat-eye.

Area onced Worshipped Delta city of Bubastis.

Other names : Bast, Bastis, the Tearer, Bubastis, Pacht, Pasht Pasch, Ubast, Ubasti, Ba en Aset(the soul of Aset)

Other Titles: "Lady of the East", "the Light Bearer", "Lady of Truth" and "Goddess of the Birth Chamber"

Offerings : Sweet liquids mint, catnip, honey, raw meat, perfumes and ointment

First Appearance Around 3000BC.

Bastet is seen in some text as Daughter ofAset andOsiris . Sister ofHorus . As well as other text she has been seen as the Daughter of Ra. Bastet was said to be the daughter of Ra himself and legend has it that she defended her aging parent against his only real enemy, the serpent Apep, a representation, no doubt, of the eternal force of evil or darkness.

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Cemeteries of mummified felines have been unearthed by archaeologists bastards of English merchants sold thousands of those mummies as fertilizer.

Reference:http://inanna.virtualave.net/bastet.html

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Divine Feline
Bast, Devouring Lady,
Lady of Truth

Thousands of years
we shared the same planet

Thousands of years
hast thou protected us

Thousand of years
do we hold thee sacred

Divine Feline,
Mysterious Cat,
Lady of the East

thou unite in thee the two opposite
powers of nature

Gentle and caring mother of kittens
Tearer of mice and rats
Protectress of mankind

thou are the mistress of joy
thou are the mistress of pleasure
thou are the mistress of dance and ecstasy

Divine Feline,
Goddess of the Birth Chamber
Light Bearer,

To live with thy incarnations is a pleasure
To watch thy behavior is teaching us
To run with thee in dreams

is honoring thee and following thy path.

Always free
Always solitaire
Always independent
Never ungentle

http://inanna.virtualave.net/bastetshrine.html-Reference

thats pretty cool SD.
i am egyptian and really interested in learning about Egyptian Gods and Godesses :)
thank u for that post
blessed be

I'm not a follower, but those are beautiful words. Thanks for posting them. BB