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Bastet

deity earth Egyptian single tradition · 27

An Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat.

↻ synthesized from 27 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Ancient Egyptian religion.

Relationships

co occurs with
Daksha, Ganesha, Hayagriva, Horse-Face, Keibu Keioiba, Khnum, Nandi, Narasimha, Ox-Head, Penghou, Pratyangira, Tikbalang, Tumburu, Varaha, Zhu Bajie, Set, Ptah, Nefertum, Nephthys, Hesat, Hermanubis, Meretseger, Mehet-Weret, Satet, Mestjet, Weret-hekau, Sothis, Raet, Dark Elders, Scathach, Witch of Endor, Nakhtubasterau, Rahateb, Baphomet, Valkyrie, Eve, Khem, Al-Uzza, Sekhmet, Horus, Amun, Shai, Apis, Min, Four sons of Horus, Sopdu, Sopdet, Sah, Geb, Shu, Naunet, Shepsy, Nehmetawy, Unut, Nehbet-anet, Ay, Sobek, Atum, Re, Nehebkau, Serket, Nehmtaway, Maahes, Nefertem, Tutu, Khonshu, Renenutet, Anuket, Hathor, Nut, Pakhet, Heqet, Nekhbet, Neith, Amunet, Satis, Anput, Imentet, Wosret, Ma'at, Wadjet, Thoth, Tefnut, Mut, Apophis, Shesmetet, Ra-Atum, Nun, Minotaur, Cynocephalus, Hermes, Serapis, Astarte, jackal, Satan, Hecate, Diana, Lilith, Menhit, Bat, Ištar, Osiris
parent of
Anubis, Mai, Maahes, Apedemak
consort of
Ra
serves
Ra, John Dee
sibling of
Hathor, Mut, Neith, Sekhmet, Nekhbet, Sakhmet
enemy of
Apophis, Hekate, Apep
manifests as
lioness, Simira
allied with
The Morrígan, John Dee
syncretized with
Artemis (Diana), Wedjat
equivalent to
Bast
child of
Ra, Isis
manifested by
Eye of Ra

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Mentioned by

and 5 more

Sources

wikipedia (27)
  1. List of hybrid creatures in folklore
  2. Bastet
  3. Nephthys
  4. Maahes
  5. Sekhmet
  6. Anubis
  7. Eye of Ra
  8. Ra
  9. The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
  10. Bubasteum
  11. Bubastis
  12. Nakhtubasterau
  13. The Nine Lives of Chloe King
  14. Pedubastis
  15. Pharaoh's Curse (film)
  16. The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
  17. Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God
  18. The Three Lives of Thomasina
  19. Anuket
  20. Isis
  21. Mut
  22. Nehmetawy
  23. Shesmetet
  24. Nehebkau
  25. Sebeg
  26. Tutu (Egyptian god)
  27. Temple of Ptah (Karnak)

Source passages

“Bastet – An Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat.”

#4706 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“A festival of Bastet was known to be celebrated during the New Kingdom at Bubastis.”

#10873 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Alternatively Anubis appears as the son of Bastet or Isis.”

#11334 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Maahes was considered the son of Ra with the feline goddess Bastet, or of another feline goddess, Sekhmet. He was sometimes identified with another son of Sekhmet, Nefertum. Maahes was said to fight Ra's archenemy, the serpent Apep, during Ra's nightly voyage.”

#11899 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was also considered to be the sister of the cat goddess Bastet. The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet is the most represented deity in most Egyptian collections worldwide.”

#14098 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001