As a cat/lion goddess, Bast was the protector of the lands in Egypt.
It is said that Bast was worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty, and she was seen as defender of the pharaoh a god himself, the representation of Ra, who was a solar deity. She was known as The Lady of flame and Eye of Ra. Bast was originally a goddess of the sun, but later changed by the Greeks to a goddess of the moon.
She was not always seen as a ferocious protector, she had also gentler qualities, she was called The Goddess of perfumes symbolic of sensuality and passion. For some she had become a domestic cat rather than a lion, protective of children and also a good mother to her kittens, for this many women who desired children would wear an amulet depicting Bast image.
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