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Bastet was also a goddess of pregnancy and childbirth, possibly because of the fertility of the domestic cat. [14] Images of Bastet were often created from alabaster. The goddess was sometimes depicted holding a ceremonial sistrum in one hand and an aegis in the other—the aegis usually resembling a collar or gorget, embellished with a lioness ...
Cat-headed deity Bastet. In ancient Egypt, cats were represented in social and religious scenes dating as early as 1980 BC. [2] Several ancient Egyptian deities were depicted and sculptured with cat-like heads such as Mafdet, Bastet and Sekhmet, representing justice, fertility, and power, respectively. [3]
Pages in category "Cat goddesses" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Artemis; B. Bastet; F ...
Khensit – A Goddess from the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt [158] Mafdet – A predatory goddess said to destroy dangerous creatures [159] Matit – A funerary Cat goddess who had a cult center at Thinis [160] Mehet-Weret – A celestial Cow goddess [114] [161] Mehit – A warrior Lioness goddess originally from Nubia worshiped at Abydos ...
Freja (1905) by John Bauer (1882–1918). In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future).
Bastet, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility; Hathor, goddess of music, ... Parvati is a goddess, a female deity associated with the earth and fertility.
English: Bastet, Cat-headed Goddess of Egypt, Albert Hall Museum, JaipurBastet was the goddess of protection, pleasure, and the bringer of good health. She had the head of a cat and a slender female body. Bastet was the daughter of Ra, sister of Sekhmet, the wife of Ptah, and the mother of Mihos.
Cats were sacred animals and the goddess Bastet was often depicted in cat form, sometimes taking on the war-like aspect of a lioness. [5]: 220 Killing a cat was absolutely forbidden [3] and the Greek historian Herodotus reports that, whenever a household cat died, the entire family would mourn and shave their eyebrows. [3]