Bastet

See also: bastet

English

Goddess of cats, Lower Egypt, the sun and the moon.

Alternative forms

Bast, Baast, Ubasti and Basset and Phast

Etymology

From Egyptian bꜣstjt (“Bastet”, literally “she of the ointment jar”).

Proper noun

Bastet

(Egyptian mythology) The goddess of the sun and the moon, of cats, and Lower Egypt; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah, often depicted as having a she-cat's head.

Coordinate terms

(Eyes / Daughters of Ra): Hathor, Sekhmet

Anagrams

A/B test, Battes, at best, bettas

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