Bastet the cat goddess in Ancient Egyptian Art

Bastet, or Bast, is a feline-headed or feline-bodied deity in Egyptian religion. Originally she, as a daughter of Ra, was viewed as one of the Egyptian pantheon’s most important protective goddesses. Bastet was represented as a woman with a cat’s head, wearing an elaborately ornamented dress and carrying an ancient percussion instrument called a sistrum and an aegis. Bastet was so popular that people from all cultures kept small figures of cats as protective amulets. She is still worshipped today and her protection is believed by some to be cast over modern cats. We hope this collection of artworks housed in Egypt and world museums will be a source of your tranquility and solace. -- (Ancient Egyptian Art Series) Ma’at in Ancient Egyptian Art Anubis in Ancient Egyptian Art Goddess Isis in Ancient Egyptian and Greco Roman Art Egyptian art in Greco Roman period - Fayum mummy portraits Egyptian Museum in Cairo | Ancient Egypt Civilization in a nutshell Cleopatra Black or white in Ancient Egyptian Art and History? Rahotep and Nofret - Egyptians black or white in Art and History? -- (Gods of Egypt Series) Bes the Divine Guardian in Ancient Egyptian Religion | Hymn to Bes Meretseger the Cobra Goddess in Ancient Egyptian Religion | God of Egypt Seth The Demonized God | The Egyptian Origin of Satan Seshat the Goddess of Writing and Knowledge | Gods of Egypt Atum The God of the Oldest Creation Story ever told | Gods of Egypt Ptah The God who created the world by Word | Gods of Egypt Khnum the God who created Man from clay | Gods of Egypt Min The God of Fertility | Gods of Egypt Ma’at The Goddess of Truth and Cosmic Harmony | Gods of Egypt Amun The Hidden God | Gods of Egypt Aten The Solar Deity | Akhenaten’s Hymn Heka The God of Magic | Gods of Egypt Nut the Heavenly Goddess | Gods of Egypt -- CREDITS MUSIC Grass - Silent Partner -- Photos and vids :Amuleto_2018-10-032009-19-3420(A2CRadius32CSmoothing2).tif Museo Egizio, CC BY 2.5 : Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR : Kotofeij K. Bajun, CC BY 3.0 : British Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0 :Periodo_tardo,_testa_felina,_forse_bastet, Sailko, CC BY 3.0 : Louvre Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR : Brooklyn Museum, CC BY 2.5 : Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR : Captmondo, CC BY-SA 3.0 : Rama, CC BY-SA 3.0 FR :Hildesheim,_Roemer-_und_Pelizaeus-Museum,_Statue_der_Gö Dguendel, CC BY 4.0 -- TEXT: COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Images and Videos shown in my videos belong to their owners who kindly allowed them to be used free with attribution. The aims of my videos are educational.