Bastet
Meanings
name
- The goddess of the sun and the moon, of cats, and Lower Egypt; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah, often depicted as having a she-cat's head.
Word forms
Etymology
From Egyptian bꜣstjt (“Bastet”, literally “she of the ointment jar”).
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