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Bast

deity earth cats single tradition · 16

Bast first appears in the third millennium BCE, where she is depicted as either a fierce lioness or a woman with the head of a lioness. Two thousand years later, during the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt (c. 1070–712 BCE), Bast began to be depicted as a domestic cat or a cat-headed woman.

↻ synthesized from 16 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in the third millennium BCE.

Relationships

co occurs with
Nefertum, Susanoo no Mikoto, Morpheus, Despair, Orpheus, Delirium of the Endless, Destruction, Dream, Lieb-Olmai, demon spirits, Destiny, Delirium, Duma, Shivering Jemmy, Kilderkin, Cluracan, Nuala, Chaos, Nada, Choronzon, Merkin, Order, Mujaji, Kokou, Originators, Vanyan, Creeping Doom, Ibeji, Children of Olokun, Magba, Ghekre, Hadari-Yao, Two Ladies, Montu, Amaunet, Gherke, Amon Ra, Kokou the Ever-Burning, Aten, Khnum, Horus, Khepri, Hathor, Amun, Sopdu, Remiel, Death, Osiris, Seth, Odin, Bat, Isis, Set, Thor, Loki, Azazel, Orishas, Anansi, Ngi, Sobek, Ištar, Taweret, Anubis
parent of
Maahes, Nefertem
manifests as
lioness, cat
allied with
Thoth, Mujaji, Kokou, Exu, Ptah, Khonshu, Sekhmet, Gherke, Bes
enemy of
Varnae
sibling of
Khonshu, K'Liluna
child of
Ra, Atum
served by
Egyptian Mau cats
equivalent to
Bastet

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Mentioned by

and 15 more

Sources

wikipedia (16)
  1. Bastet
  2. Maahes
  3. List of solar deities
  4. Alabaster
  5. Bast (Marvel Comics)
  6. Death: At Death's Door
  7. Leontopolis
  8. Pharaoh (video game)
  9. The Sandman: Brief Lives
  10. Sistrum
  11. Spring 2004 Dior couture collection
  12. The Three Lives of Thomasina
  13. Wakanda
  14. Two Ladies
  15. Sekhmet (Marvel Comics)
  16. Khonshu (Marvel Comics)

Source passages

“Her name was originally shorter, transliterated as Bast in English. Bast first appears in the third millennium BCE, where she is depicted as either a fierce lioness or a woman with the head of a lioness. Two thousand years later, during the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt (c. 1070–712 BCE)”

#10863 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Bast/Sekhmet were worshipped, his temple was adjacent to that of Bast.”

#11906 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Bast, cat goddess associated with the Sun”

#15406 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The name may be derived further from ancient Egyptian a-labaste, which refers to vessels of the Egyptian goddess Bast. She was represented as a lioness and frequently depicted as such in figures placed atop these alabaster vessels.”

#17825 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Bast's Ennead physiology gives her immortality, super-strength, power bestowal, shapeshifting, teleportation, and solar energy absorption. An alternate universe version of Bast appears in "Secret Wars" as the ruler of the Battleworld domain of Egyptia”

#17896 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5