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What does Bastet the Egyptian Cat Goddess look like?

April 26, 2017bastet cat culture Egyptian Folklore Goddess look mythology Society

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What does Bastet the Egyptian Cat Goddess look like?

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Like many Egyptian gods, she had several forms. One is simply a black cat, usually shown wearing a collar necklace, sometimes with a scarab, and an earring. Copies of these statues are commonly available as museum replicas. The other major depiction is of a woman with the head of a lioness.

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Bastet the goddess of Nether-Egypt – like Sekhmet, her counterpart from Upper-Egypt – is usually depicted as a human woman with the head of a cat. Sometimes she is depicted as a normal cat.