Bast (Bastet)
Beautifully rendered
Bast statue
featuring scarab breastplate
and magical hieroglyphs
on the base.
Cold-cast resin
for strength and beauty
of detail.; Hand-painted.
Imported.
8 1/4 in. tall.
Small Bast Statue
She's perfect anywhere!
Highly detailed, smaller version
of the Cat Goddess. Finely detailed
scarab necklace (denoting
eternity and eternal life)
and magical hieroglyphs
on the statue's base.
5 1/2 in. tall
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Bastet, or more correctly,
Bast--was originally worshipped as the Eye of Ra and protector of the Pharoah. But the
conquering Greeks, Romans (and others) evolved her legends so that she eventually became
the original Party Girl, ruling over pleasure, love-making and sensory delights.
Also considered a patron goddess of home and family, she was a Daughter of the sun god
Re, sister of Sekhmet the Lion Goddess, and the Wife of Ptah, although her worship appears
to precede that of Ptah by at least several centuries.
The cult of Bast flourished at her sanctuary at Bubastis in the rich Nile delta region
of Egypt, where a necropolis has been found containing mummified cats. She is depicted as
a cat or as a woman with a cat's head, often holding the sacred rattle known as the
sistrum.
Is it Bast or Bastet? The confusion in the pronunciation runs deeper than one might
think. Firstly, in many cases, the Egyptians did not record vowel sounds--so you might
here "Bast" pronounced "BOST" or even "BIST". We don't
really know what the vowel sound was between the "B" and the "ST"
sounds. Secondly, the name "Bastet" has been used because the Egyptians
used an extra "T" mark at the end of names to distinguish a female rather than male personage.
If anyone attempts to correct you on the pronunciation of Bast--just shrug your
shoulders and say "it's all Egyptian to me!". No one really knows the
exact pronunciation that the Egyptians used for the Goddess Bast!
See our special BAST gift page.
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Spectacular Large Bastet
holding her sacred symbols,
the Aegis (symbolic shield) and
Sistrum (ceremonial rattle)
A rare and beautiful form
of the goddess Bast,
with her desert cat head
and feminine body.
She's a stately and impressive
15 1/2" tall.
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Bast Earrings
Bast Canopic Jar |
