Bastet Mini Statue Jesus_Statue Part man and part goat

Part man and part goat

representing healing

On one hand

The golden hue provides a sharp contrast against dark wood or stone surfaces

She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis

Bastet Mini Statue Jesus_Statue Part man and part goatBastet, 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