Bastet Statue - Red Granite Goddess ISis who most likely developed from

who most likely developed from the earlier (and much older) jackal god Wepwawet with whom he is often confused

A Brush with Magic by Lisa Parker

Total Width: 16

Medusa was a monster

Bastet Statue - Red Granite Goddess ISis who most likely developed fromBastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites, and