Bastet

Bastet
Bastet in her late form of a cat-headed woman (rather than a lioness) holding an ankh and sistrum
Name in hieroglyphs	[1]
Major cult center	Bubastis
Symbol	lioness, cat, ointment jar, sistrum, solar disk
Genealogy
Parents	Ra and Isis
Siblings	Horus and Anhur (half-brothers)
Consort	Ptah (in some myths)
Offspring	Maahes

Bastet (Ancient Egyptian: bꜣstt), also known as Ubasti,^[a] or Bubastis,^[b] is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion possibly of Nubian origin, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BC). In ancient Greek religion, she was known as Ailurus (Koinē Greek: αἴλουρος, lit. 'cat').

Bastet was worshipped in Bubastis in Lower Egypt, originally as a lioness goddess, a role shared by other deities such as Sekhmet. Eventually Bastet and Sekhmet were characterized as two aspects of the same goddess, with Sekhmet representing the powerful warrior and protector aspect, and Bastet, who increasingly was depicted as a cat, representing a gentler aspect.^[4]

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