Bastet Statue Ancient Egpyt Bali (Indonesia) and Bangladesh and

Bali (Indonesia) and Bangladesh and in countries with large ethnic Indian populations including Fiji

By extension

one of the major traditions within Hinduism

7 inches / 12cmWidth: 2

Bastet Statue Ancient Egpyt Bali (Indonesia) and Bangladesh andBastet, 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