Bastet

Pantheon: Egyptian
Titles: Eye of the Sun, Lady of the East, Mistress of Pleasure
Alternate Names/Spellings: Bast
Gender: Female

Bastet is the Egyptian Goddess of Animals, Childbirth, Dance, Fertility, Fire, Happiness, Intuition, Joy, Marriage, Music, Pleasure, Sex, and the Sun. She is a protector of pregnant women. Her sacred animals are lions and cats, especially black ones. Bastet's sacred colour is red, and she represents the direction of East. Her sacred stone is the cat's eye. She is considered to be the daughter of Ra, and, occasionally, the wife of Ptah.

In art, Bastet usually appears a a cat-headed woman carring a rattle and an ankh. She also appears occasionally as a sitting cat.

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